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Does the Okavango Delta belong to the people who live along its banks and whose very livelihoods depend on the wetland resources of water, fish, reeds, water […]
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July 12, 2012
Piet Heyns has long been a force to be reckoned with in the Namibian environmental sector. Over the past twenty years he has been a regular […]
July 12, 2012
By Ginger Mauney In the early 1980s, illegal poaching of black rhinos in the arid north-western regions of Namibia was rife. The population of these rare, solitary […]
July 13, 2012
By Colgar Sikopo, Deputy Director (North): Directorate of Parks and Wildlife Management (DPWM), MET and Midori Paxton, Project Co-ordinator for the UNDP/GEF-funded Strengthening the Protected Area […]
July 13, 2012
By Dr Margaret Jacobsohn, Co-Director Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation We’ve come a long way since the early 1990s when the first rural women – […]
July 13, 2012
By Hu Berry Fragile flamingos link with portly pelicans and lions, forming an unusual connection in Namibia’s effort to secure their survival through international conservation agencies. […]
July 13, 2012
By Hu Berry Shyer than their inland cousins, brown hyaenas shuffle tirelessly along the Namibian coast, covering astounding distances as they search ceaselessly for scraps thrown […]
July 13, 2012
By Justine Braby, Animal Demography Unit, University of Cape Town The Damara Tern is a curious little creature. It breeds in one of the harshest places […]
July 13, 2012
By Hu Berry There are two indigenous keystone species in Africa, meaning that their presence or absence shows significantly on the landscape. One is the humans; […]
July 13, 2012
By Hu Berry The scene is surreal – padding silently on wet sand a lion stalks fur seals on the shoreline of the Skeleton Coast. No […]
July 13, 2012
By Hu Berry What makes men leave the familiar comforts of their homeland to venture to a land known as the Dark Continent – Mr Berry […]
July 13, 2012
By Rod Braby, Namibian Coast Conservation and Management (NACOMA) The most abundant sea turtle in Nambian waters in recent times has been the leatherback, the largest […]
July 13, 2012
By Hu Berry Lichens on the surface of the earth are the same as the proverbial canary in the coal mine. When lichens die something is […]
July 13, 2012
By Hu Berry Nowhere else on earth is there an expanse similar to that envisioned in Namibia’s latest, innovative conservation initiative. Picture a merger of 12 […]
July 13, 2012
By Hugh Paxton, Environmental Journalist The Namib-Naukluft is not only Namibia’s largest park (49 768 km2), but is currently also the second-largest protected area in Africa. […]
July 13, 2012
Namibia’s exciting ‘new’ national park – a consolidation of old and recently proclaimed protected areas, is on the cards. “The proclamation of this protected area represents […]
July 13, 2012
By Ginger Mauney In the Namib Desert, a place of dramatic environmental extremes, finding a balance is never easy. In the stretch of coastline that runs […]
July 13, 2012
The vital link to three exciting conservation initiatives As a stark piece of land, baked by the sun and battered by gritty winds, the Skeleton Coast […]
July 13, 2012
By Dr Simon Elwen, Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria The ocean off Namibia has been severely affected by overfishing in the last few decades. As […]
July 13, 2012
By Hu Berry Its scientific name Acanthosicyos horridus is more difficult to pronounce than its Topnaar name, !nara. The high-pitched Topnaar click precedes the Nama word […]