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Shark, Skate, and Chimaera
12 February 2024 | Resource
The Namibia Rays and Sharks Project (NaRaS) have created a poster that shows all Shark, Skate, and Ray species’ egg cases in Namibia.st risk of extinction globally. Beautiful illustrations by Alexis Aronson Our work is supported by the Shark Conservation Fund | Download Free Poster
Chondrichthyans of Namibia
31 Jan 2023 | Resource
We’ve created a poster that shows all of the chondrichthyan (shark, skate, and ray) species in Namibia that are classified as either Critically Endangered or Endangered, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Of the 88 shark, skate, ray, and ghost shark species that occur in Namibian waters, these 17 species are at the highest risk of extinction globally. Beautiful illustrations by Alexis Aronson. Our work is supported by the Shark Conservation Fund | Download Free Poster

Namibia Hosts First Agroforestry Conference: Paving the Way for Climate-Resilient Food Systems

October 2024 | Press

Namibia held its first Agroforestry Conference at the Windhoek Country Club, bringing together 120 stakeholders to explore the transformative potential of agroforestry systems in addressing climate change challenges facing Southern Africa and Namibia in particular.

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Youth Thrive with New Agricultural Initiative: Namibia Nature Foundation Boosts Food Security

July 2024 | Press

The Namibia Nature Foundation has recently launched an initiative aimed at improving the Namibian school feeding program through the introduction of agroforestry systems. This project, titled “Improving the Namibian School Feeding Program through the Introduction of Agroforestry Systems (Farm 2 Education)” is funded by the Engagement Global initiative of the German government, through the facilitation of Solidaritaetsdienst International (SODI).

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Interview with Mabuta Simataa

29 March 2023 | Publication

Mabuta Simataa is the first Namibian Masters’s student to study sharks and rays in Namibian waters. He has a BSc. in Fisheries Science from the University of Namibia and is now collecting data for his MSc research project with Namibia’s Rays and Sharks (NaRaS) project. Full article here

World Rhino Day Mask Activity
1 Sept 2022 | Resource
World Rhino Day is celebrated on September 22 every year. This special day provides the opportunity for cause-related organizations such as NGOs, the government, conservancy members and members of the public to celebrate rhinos in Namibia. This year, we are including children from different schools in Namibia to join the celebrations by participating in an exciting fun-filled activity! This purpose of this activity is to instil appreciation for rhinos in Namibia and why they are important, especially for future generations.

We encourage teachers and parents to share images of children posing with the completed task via whatsapp to +264 85 689 3893 Download activity

Food Security and Habitat Protection in KAZA – KAZA ARISE

15 March 2022 | Release

The Namibia Nature foundation (NNF) in cooperation with Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation (IRDNC) is glad to announce the launching of the “Food security and habitat protection in KAZA” project in an effort to support communities in the KAZA area in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Namibia. Read full article here

Income Generation Through Sustainable Devils’ Claw Harvesting: Official Project Hand-Over to the Community

19 December 2022 | Release

“Through this project intervention, a total of 139 beneficiaries reached on different levels at annual general meetings, participation in game guard training, financial training, and Devils Claw harvesting training. Furthermore, the project’s medium-term impact was to ensure high financial accountability and a transparent system being implemented and also assisting the conservancies with compliance in risk management.” – Mr. Nabot Mbeeli – Senior Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) Coordinator. Read full article here

Women for Conservation improving governance in the Namibian CBNRM programme
3 December 2021 | Release
Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF) together with Namibia Development Trust (NDT), and Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation (IRDNC) organisations, acknowledged and celebrated the perseverance and hard work of the Kunene Women for Conservation group in Opuwo. The celebration took place during their annual agenda planning meeting that was facilitated by the three organisations under the Improving Governance in the National Community-based National Resource Management Programme project. Read full article here

Handover Ceremony of Sustainable harvesting kits of Indigenous Natura Products (INPs)

6 December 2022 | Release

As part of the sub-project, the NNF together with the EU team held a handover ceremony of equipment to enable sustainable harvesting of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs). Two ceremonies were held, the first in the Maurus Nekaro on 28th November 2022, and the second in Kapinga Kamwalye Conservancies on 29th November 2022. Read full article
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Mudumu Landscape Celebrates the Agricultural Development Working Group
24 September 2021 | Release
Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF) and together with The Namibia National Parks Programme (NamParks), acknowledged and celebrated the perseverance and hard work of far over 200 farmers/community members in the Mudumu Landscape who enabled, facilitated, and managed activities such as Agricultural Development at complex and landscape level. Read Full Article here

Counting the Costs of Wildlife Crime

21 June 2022 | Release

In an important step in the fight against wildlife crime, the Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF) and Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF) recently partnered on a project to better understand the current state of knowledge about the illegal wildlife trade (IWT), and the economics of IWT in southern Africa. This critical work was supported by USAID/Southern Africa through its VukaNow Activity. Read full article here

Horticulture Training to Small-scale farmers in Rundu, Kongola and Katima Mulilo
23 September 2021 | Release
The Namibian Organic Association (NOA) and the Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF) recently conducted a horticulture training to various small-scale farmers and farmer-trainers through one of the in-country activities for the Knowledge Hub for Organic Agriculture in Southern Africa (KH SA) project that aims to promote the adoption and scaling-up of organic agriculture in Namibia. Read full article here
Devil’s Claw brings financial relief amidst Covid-19 economic despair for communities in Omaheke
July | 2021
Community members from the Eiseb conservancy and Omuramba ua Mbinda conservancy in the Omaheke region were overjoyed by the recent realisation of monetary compensation for their hard work by collectively generating close to N$ 300 000 from the sales of Devil’s Claw at their second buying event. Read full article here

National school debate championships in celebration of world ocean day

11 June 2022 | Release

The Benguela Current Convention (BCC) together with the Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF), and the Namibia School Debate Association (NSDA) organised a national school debate championships in celebration of the 2022 World Ocean Day at The Dome in Swakopmund, Namibia. The debate challenge saw learners from all over Namibia debate on relevant topics about Namibia’s maritime resources and associated industries. Read full article here

Namibian Organic Association and Namibian Nature Foundation launch programme to boost organic agriculture in Namibia
01 February 2021 | Release
The Namibian Organic Association (NOA) and the Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF) launched country activities for the Knowledge Hub for Organic Agriculture in Southern Africa (KH SA) that aims to promote the adoption and scaling-up of organic agriculture in the region. Read full article here
Strengthening Community Fisheries in KAZA
30 April 2021 | Release
On 27 April 2021, the Namibia Nature Foundation launched a community project, Strengthening Community Fisheries in KAZA, in Rundu, at Hakusembe River Lodge. The project launch is granted under the E€OFISH Programme which is promoted and funded by the European Union and aims to.

The launch was attended by prominent key players in the Namibian Inland Fisheries sector such as the Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, KAZA Executive Director, Governor of the Kavango East Region, ECOFISH SADC Programme Chair, and most importantly, the Traditional authorities and fish reserves representatives and community members.
Read full articl Strengthening Community Fisheries in KAZA Project Launch
Namibian NGO clarifies factual context of local bush biomass
03 Mar 2021 | Release
In October 2020, more than a dozen civil society organizations and scientists issued a statement opposing a “Transcontinental Biomass Partnership Namibia – Hamburg”, which investigated the feasibility of using Namibian bush biomass to power biomass plants in Hamburg as part of Hamburg’s coal exit strategy. This was followed up by an open letter of opposition towards the bush biomass project addressed to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Dr. Gerd Müller. The information from these statements has been picked up in numerous articles and has been widely shared through different media.

Furthermore, both statements did not adequately present the Namibian context, which may have resulted in distorted public opinion. For that reason, we would like to provide further information on the issue of bush encroachment from a Namibian perspective. Read full artcile Namibian NGO clarifies factual context of local bush biomass

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