The Rare and Endangered Species Trust (REST) is a non-profit educational centre located on a small farm about 47 km south of Otjiwarongo. The Trust was originally founded as a support and research organisation for the Cape vulture, but soon expanded …
By Omagano Shooya, NACSO communications intern WWF Namibia recently hosted a study tour to the Kunene Region for eight experts in the various fields of conservation from Mongolia, Kenya and South Africa. The aim of the study tour was to assist the …
By Nita Pallett The road is long and winding, the landscape dry and scattered with loose red rocks and Euphorbia. Tall mountains litter the landscape. The cars inch their way forward as the sun stretches across the sky – everything about …
The Meteorogolical Service Division of Namibia released the following notice: April 2013 was observably dry at all places monitored, with Walvis Bay being the only exception in terms of the performance of the month as a whole relative to normal. Of the …
After a long mentally and physical taxing journey, the team at Walking for Lions crossed the finishing line on Monday. The team kicked off their awarness raising walk in Windhoek on May 4 and 18 days later, on Monday the 20th of …
Text by Jana-Mari Smith Perched 1 620 metres above sea level, Grootberg Lodge in Damaraland offers some of the most spectacular views in Namibia, if not Southern Africa. Renowned for its starkly rugged and spellbinding landscape, Damaraland in Namibia’s remote north-western …
Namibia is getting ready to host the 11th Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nationals Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in September 2013. This is the first time the UNCCD COP will take place in southern Africa. Preparations are underway …
Text Jana-Mari Smith & Photographs John Paterson In a surprising and dumbfounding feat, a north pacific gray whale has been laying low off the coast of Namibia for the past two weeks. This is believed to be the first instance of …
Text by Hu Berry & Photos by Hu Berry, P & M Bridgeford A career in conservation has its punishments and rewards. Setbacks are frequent and satisfaction is scarce. Consequently, when I recently enlarged the digital image of the ring on a …
Collisions of large flying birds, especially bustards, with power lines in Namibia – significance and possible solutions By John Pallett An outcome of the NamPower/Namibia Nature Foundation Strategic Partnership is NamPower’s support towards an MSc project to gather hard data on bustard …
