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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 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 12, 2012
By Linda Baker, SPAN Communications Officer He’s been shot at by UNITA rebels, narrowly escaped being blown up by a landmine, had close encounters with lions […]
July 12, 2012
By Mary Seely, Desert Research Foundation of Namibia Although many may never have heard of him, Lars Karlsson is revered in Namibia’s inner environmental circles. He […]
July 12, 2012
Growing demands on staff and resources and expansion of its focus beyond wildlife led the Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation (IRDNC) to acquire two more […]
July 12, 2012
By Ginger Mauney, Project Co-ordinator, Conservation and the Environment in Namibia People from around the world are drawn to Namibia’s vast, wild places, but with tourism increasing […]
July 12, 2012
By Mark Jago, Veterinarian: MET Game Capture Unit Namibia’s highly successful black-rhino conservation programme has been at the forefront of the effort aimed at bringing Diceros bicornis bicornis […]
July 12, 2012
By Reagan Chunga, Integrated Environmental Consultants Namibia Flip on a light switch, turn a tap, or start your car. For many urban dwellers, these actions may […]
July 12, 2012
By Dr Laurie Marker, Founder/Executive Director, Cheetah Conservation Fund Can conservation combined with science and technology save the cheetah for future generations? And, if so, how are […]
July 12, 2012
By Dr Laurie Marker and Bonnie Schumann, Cheetah Conservation Fund Depending on who you ask, the answer will vary from ‘too many’ – which in most […]
July 12, 2012
The presence of Cape fur seals in Namibian waters is not only a unique phenomenon – these animals are usually associated with sub-polar climates – but also the cause of controversy in both fishing and conservation circles.
July 12, 2012
By Dr Jennifer Lalley, Oxford University, University of Witwatersrand Protecting Namibia’s deserts has been an ongoing conservation drive for several decades, but average visitors, the mining […]
July 11, 2012
By Garth Owen-Smith, Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation Contrary to what many people believe, Europeans were not the first to set areas aside for the […]
July 9, 2012
By Rudi van Aarde, Sam Ferreira and Theo Wassenaar Conservation Ecology Research Unit, Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria Extreme opinions can sometimes mask […]
July 9, 2012
By Conrad Brain The words ‘conservancy’ and ‘wildlife’ seem to have become almost synonymous. After all, conservancies grew from the recognition that wildlife and other natural […]