Biodiversity action plan needs N$3b
NAMIBIA needs about N$3 billion to fully achieve the second national biodiversity strategy and action plan of 2013 to 2022. Speaking at the resource mobilisation for biodiversity conservation project
Namibian (Namibia)
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Chinese pledge N$200 000 to combat poaching
THE Chinese government yesterday pledged to donate N$200 000 to the ministry of environment to combat poaching. The Chinese embassy's charge d' affaires, Li Nan, said his government was serious about
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60 die in human-wildlife conflict since 2013
ENVIRONMENT minister Pohamba Shifeta says 60 people were killed by wild animals over the past three years, with seven of the attacks taking place this year. Addressing the opening of the first human-wildlife
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Ministry dedicated to protecting rhinos, elephants
TOMORROW is the United Nations world wildlife day and the Ministry of Environment and Tourism has dedicated it to the protection of rhinos and elephants whose survival is threatened by poachers. The ministry
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Namibia gets N$49m for drought assistance
THE United States Agency for International Development (USAID) donated N$49 million for drought assistance in Namibia. Of this amount, N$21 million will be used to buy eight water tanker trucks and
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Namibia dehorns over 400 rhinos
NAMIBIA has so far dehorned 451 black rhinos at a cost of over N$14,5 million in an effort to discourage poaching in the country. Government has been dehorning rhinos since 2014. The Ministry of Environment
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Worm outbreak spills into Zambezi... as ministry finally identifies three different pests
Various parts of the Zambezi region have now also been overrun by the worm infestation which has sown devastation across the northern parts, from Omusati to Kavango East, since late last year. Mathews
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Black rhino poached at Erindi, 4 arrested
THREE Zambians and a Namibian, the latter suspected to be a former policeman, were arrested last Friday after poaching a black rhino at the Erindi private game reserve near Omaruru. According to Alexander