September 26, 2022
Namibia: Water Woes Hit Martin Luther High School
MARTIN Luther High School at Omaruru in Erongo region, has been facing water challenges since the beginning of this month after the school's borehole malfunctioned. Read more »
September 23, 2022
Namibia: Investment in Blue Economy Low - Klazen
NAMIBIA acknowledges that investment in ocean health, ocean wealth and ocean equity is significantly low, although the country spent close to US$7,3 million (N$116 million) on… Read more »
Namibia: Mutorwa Wants Clean Environment for Tourists
THE minister of works and transport, John Mutorwa, has encouraged Namibians to work towards a litter-free environment and clean road reserves to create a pleasant travelling… Read more »
September 19, 2022
Namibia: Namibian Cheetahs Released Into Indian Wildlife Park
EIGHT wild cheetahs that left Namibia for India on Friday were released into the Indian wild by the Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Saturday. Read more »
September 14, 2022
Namibia: Clean-Up Namibia, Urges the Environment Ministry
The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has called on Namibians to join the international community in commemorating World Clean-up Day on Saturday, 17 September. Read more »
August 30, 2022
Namibia: Namibia Unveils Carbon Market Project #AfricaClimateCrisis
EFFORTS are underway to establish carbon markets in Namibia - a trading system in which carbon credits are sold and bought to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the impact… Read more »
August 22, 2022
Namibia: 'Increase in Robberies Ruining Namibia's Image'
Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) says it is concerned about the increasing number of robberies, mostly of tourists visiting Namibia. Read more »
Namibia: India Rejects Three Namibian Cheetahs
INDIA has rejected three of the cheetahs translocated from Namibia last month. Read more »
August 14, 2022
Namibia: Banning Hunting Trophy Imports to Impact Namibia - Shifeta
MINISTER of environment, forestry and tourism Pohamba Shifeta says the banning of hunting trophy imports by the United Kingdom (UK), Belgium and Finland may have negative… Read more »
August 01, 2022
Namibia: Court the Wrong First Option for Bid to Halt Recon Oil Exploration #AfricaClimateCrisis
KAVANGO regions community forest and conservancy organisations that tried to get a court order to stop further oil and gas exploration activities by the Canadian company… Read more »
July 11, 2022
Namibia: Bid to Stop ReconAfrica Spills Into Court #AfricaClimateCrisis
COMMUNITY forest and conservancy organisations from the Kavango regions are trying to get a court order to stop Canadian oil exploration company ReconAfrica from further oil and… Read more »
July 04, 2022
Namibia: Shifeta Issues Warning to Conservancies
MINISTER of environment, forestry and tourism Pohamba Shifeta has warned those who are misappropriating conservancy funds that he has the power to withdraw registration of such a… Read more »
June 21, 2022
Namibia: Govt Probes Workers for Poaching
THE Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism is investigating some of its workers at Etosha National Park for possibly playing a part in the rhino poaching syndicate which… Read more »
June 04, 2022
Namibia: Climate Change BoGs Down Economic Development
THE impacts of climate change have already started affecting Namibia's economic development, impacting the country's agricultural sector - particularly rural households and… Read more »
Namibia: French Laboratory Ship Boosts World Oceans Day
WALVIS Bay mayor Trevino Forbes and French ambassador to Namibia Sébastien Minot this week welcomed the arrival of the French laboratory ship, the schooner Tara. Read more »
Namibia: Drought Looms in Oshana Region
OSHANA regional governor Elia Irimari says his region is faced with the potential risk of drought because of inconsistent rain last summer. Read more »
May 19, 2022
Namibia: 'Alarming Rate' of Human-Wildlife Conflict Prompts Campaign
Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism spokesperson Romeo Muyunda says a national awareness campaign on human-wildlife conflict was prompted by the alarming rate at which… Read more »
Namibia: Oshakati Plans to Buy N$4,5m Sewage Truck
OSHAKATI mayor Leonard Hango says the northern town will buy a sewage multi-truck at the cost of N$4,5 million. Read more »
May 11, 2022
Namibia: Building Climate Change Resilience
A FIVE-YEAR project of the Benguela Current Convention (BCC) on enhancing climate change resilience in the Benguela current fisheries system has so far recorded a number of… Read more »
Namibia: Conservancies Benefit From Wildlife Sustainability Project
THE Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations says 13 communal conservancies in the Kavango East and Zambezi regions are reaping benefits from various… Read more »
April 28, 2022
Namibia: Farmers Live in Fear of Elephants
FARMERS in the Zambezi region's Balyerwa conservancy, which is bordered by Mudumu and Nkasa Rupara National Parks, fear for their lives because of the elephants that visit their… Read more »
Namibia: Understanding of Livestock-Environment Interaction
LIVESTOCK farming enterprises objectives are aimed at increasing and sustaining production, which in turn, exerts pressure on the animal's physiological abilities to perform. Read more »
April 26, 2022
Namibia: Fisheries Ministry Needs N$58,4m for Marine Policing
THE minister of fisheries and marine resources, Derek Klazen, says the ministry would need N$58,4 million for marine and inland monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS)… Read more »
April 21, 2022
Namibia: Govt Worried About Overcrowding At Etosha
THE government has raised red flags on the increase of wildlife causing an overcrowded Etosha National Park. Read more »