Namibia has missed the deadline to become a signatory to the United Nations High Seas Treaty, which came into force last Saturday. The director of marine ecosystem and marine research in the fisheries ministry, Graça D’Almeida, told The Namibian last…

Small-scale farmers at the Shadikongoro green scheme in the Kavango East region are enjoying strong sales, driven by a growing local market. The assistant farm manager, Lima Kativa, says demand for their produce remains high. Kativa recently told The Namibian…

The Uukwambi Traditional Authority says it has started the process of rehabilitating all sand-mined borrow pits in its area of jurisdiction. This comes after some residents of Onatshiku village in the Oshana region’s Okatana constituency recently questioned why the traditional…

African wildlife will not be protected through Western conservation approaches but through the involvement of local communities, says conservationist Margaret Jacobsohn. She said this last week following the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora’s…

Namibia has proposed to the 20th conference of the United Nations Cites a controlled commercial trade in its registered raw ivory stocks with verified international partners. The 20th Conference of Parties to the Convention to International Trade in Endagered Species…

Although Namibia has a successful community-based natural resources conservation programme, it suffers from fragmented and underfunded biodiversity finance. This is contained in the recently released draft report of the Biodiversity Finance Policy and Institutional Review (PIR), which was tabled at…

Major plans, including oil drilling and hydropower, are threatening wildlife and natural resource management across the five-nation Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (Kaza-TFCA). World Wildlife Fund (WWF) director in Namibia Juliane Zeidler said this at the just-ended 2025 Insaka Symposium held…

A senior lecturer at the International University of Management (IUM) says developmental projects cannot offer sustainable solutions to local problems without using local and indigenous knowledge in implementing them. IUM faculty of environmental management and sustainable sciences dean Sion Iileka…

Namibia has secured US$3 million (N$51.8 million) from the Green Climate Fund to develop national adaptation plans (NAPs), engaging young people in climate resilience, entrepreneurship, and environmental stewardship. Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF) coordinator Tega Shivute said this at the Youth…

Residents of Otjokavare in the Kunene region say they lack essential services such as banking, fuel, shops and reliable telecommunications. Resident Isabella Kuvare, who works at the Herero Living Culture Museum at the settlement in the Sesfontein constituency, says due…

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform is planning to expand the Hardap green scheme at Mariental by 50 hectares of irrigable land, manager Lima Kativa has revealed. Kativa says the ministry has sent out a tender for…

The government has reaffirmed its commitment to boosting food security through agricultural programmes aimed at improving productivity, creating jobs and reducing poverty in rural Namibia. Minister of agriculture, fisheries, water and land reform Inge Zaamwani-Kamwi says the government will continue…