May 7

• Namibia: Hardap Waits Four Years for Renovations

  THE planned N$57 million renovation work at Namibia Wildlife Resort's Hardap camp outside Mariental will be shelved until next year. Read more »

May 3

• Namibia: ACC Probe At Wildlife Resorts Continue

  THE Anti-Corruption Commission was cagey about the progress of its almost two-year-old investigation into millions of dollars which Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) lost due to... Read more »

April 5

• Namibia: Namibia Wildlife Resorts Board Refuses to Act

  THE Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) board of directors stands accused of sweeping pending disciplinary procedures against two senior managers under the carpet. Read more »

January 24

• Namibia: The Country's Fifth Ramsar Site On the Way

  PLANS are underway to declare the Lower Okavango River in the Mahango Section of the Bwabwata National Park as Namibia's fifth Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar site),... Read more »

December 4, 2012

• Namibia: Holidaymakers Reminded of Dorob Park Rules

  THOUSANDS of visitors will spend the summer holiday season at the coast again, but they all need to remember that there are rules that need to be adhered to, especially in new... Read more »

• Namibia: More Trophy Hunting in State Parks

  THE minister of environment and tourism wants to award trophy-hunting concessions on State land outside registered conservancies between 2013 to 2017 to promote black economic... Read more »

November 29, 2012

• Namibia: Pilots Assist Vulture Conservation

  TWO Namibian pilots assisted with a vulture conservation project in the Namib-Naukluft Park last month. Read more »

November 15, 2012

• Namibia: Jatropha Plans in Conservancy Raises Hackles

  COMMUNITY members and visitors to Namibia's pristine coastal desert area have expressed concern over a massive jatropha plantation planned in the Tsîseb Conservancy close to... Read more »

October 26, 2012

• Namibia: Four Arrested for Jumbo Poaching

  FOUR people have been arrested in connection with the poaching of elephants in the Caprivi Region. Read more »

October 18, 2012

• Namibia: Conservancies Learn the American Way

  THE United States of America is “a land full of waters” says Gustaph , still wearing a US Cavalry cap and fresh from a study tour with a group of Namibians to Montana,... Read more »

September 28, 2012

• Namibia: Another Strategic Plan for NWR

  NAMIBIA Wildlife Resorts (NWR) has appointed a consultant to analyse the status and the performance of the parastatal to decide on a final strategic plan. Read more »

September 21, 2012

• Namibia: Legend of Parks and Conservation Dies

  BEN Beytell, who retired last year as director of parks and wildlife management in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism died in the Windhoek State Hospital yesterday morning. He... Read more »

August 2, 2012

• Namibia: Twenty Jackals to Be Shot in Southern Conservancy

  A total of 20 jackals from the !Khob !Naub Conservancy in the Karas Region will be shot to reduce their numbers because they hunt and kill the sheep and goats of local farmers. Read more »

July 31, 2012

• Namibia: Gecko Needs Dorob Chunk for Industry

  CABINET yesterday remained tightlipped about the Gecko Group's request to buy 700 hectares of the Dorob National Park to build its planned N$13-billion heavy industrial park at the... Read more »

July 20, 2012

• Namibia: GOVT Offers Erindi Elephants

  THE Erindi Game Reserve's hopes to import 200 elephants from South Africa could soon be a reality. Read more »

July 6, 2012

• Namibia: Millions Invested in Caprivi Tourism Sector

  THE cornerstone was laid for the infrastructure development at Susuwe in the Bwabata and at Ngenda in the Mundumu National Park in the Caprivi Region. Read more »

• Namibia: NAM Wildlife Ready for Cuba

  THE Namibian and Cuban governments have agreed on the translocation of 146 wild animals, valued at N$7,5 million, as a donation to Cuba. Read more »

• Namibia: Rescued Cheetahs Shot Dead in the South

  THREE cheetahs known as the Chipmunks, which were released into the wild in the South, have been shot dead. Read more »

May 21, 2012

• Namibia: NWR On Brink of Collapse

  SIX senior managers at Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) earn almost N$7 million a year while presiding over massive waste, corruption and poor management of a parastatal whose... Read more »

April 5, 2012

• Namibia: New Name for Sperrgebiet

  THE Sperrgebiet National Park in the Karas Region will soon be renamed. The Sperrgebiet, which covers 26 000 square kilometres, is the most biodiverse region in Namibia and the... Read more »

• Namibia: Relocate, Don't Shoot - Three Etosha Lions Get a Second Chance

  THE Okorusu AfriCat Communal Carnivore Conservation Unit (CCCP) recently subdued and relocated three male lions from a farm just north of the Etosha National Park to a location in... Read more »

January 6, 2012

• Namibia: Reho Spa in Limbo

  BY April this year the once sought-after Reho Spa resort of Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) at Rehoboth will have been closed for exactly a year. Read more »

December 22, 2011

• Namibia: Zebra Hunt Under Fire

  THE Ministry of Environment and Tourism has come under fire for issuing a permit for 70 zebra and "an unknown number of gemsbok and springbok" to be shot in the Okondjombo... Read more »

December 8, 2011

• Namibia: Ignorance Is 'No Excuse' in Dorob This Holiday

  ALTHOUGH there were hiccups in the implementation and enforcement of park rules since the proclamation of Dorob National Park a year ago, 'ignorance' by transgressors will no... Read more »

• Namibia: Consumers Question Country's Use of Gin Traps

  BUSINESS is booming for gin traps in Namibia despite an increasing push by consumers, wildlife organisations and businesses to promote alternative ways to control predator induced... Read more »