The Greater Sossusvlei-Namib landscape held a game count in July 2015. Data are still being processed and results of the count will be made available as soon as possible.
The same exercise will take place soon in the Greater Fish River Canyon landscape on a date still to be determined.
Recently the NAM-PLACE project hosted a group of staff representative from the SPANEST Project in Tanzania. Their project focus is on Strengthening Protected Areas Network of Southern Tanzania. The project has similar aims to what NAM-PLACE strives to achieve and some of the activities are the same. The project visit lasted for a week, through which the members learned about Namibia as a country, the development and promotion of biodiversity and the general environmental conservation... + read more
On Saturday the 4th of July the Little Bugs Early Childhood Development Centre in the Greater Sossusvlei-Namib Landscape celebrated its Official Inauguration, with the attendance of over 70 guests. What a lovely day it was and the Little Bugs were awesome - singing the National Anthem and performing a dance!
The school has been built in the landscape with the help from businesses inside and outside the area, landscape members and parents. The school is a good initiative to ensure that... + read more
The Khomas Hochland Hiking Trail launch event on12th June 2015 was a success and the venture has been welcome by many who would like to use the facility as soon as possible.
The project of developing a hiking trail of international standards, started almost a year ago, has finally come to a close.
All speakers at the event were in unison over the need to preserve the trail, not only as a business venture but also as a tourism attraction in the Khomas region, an... + read more
NAM-PLACE recently received visitors from Global Environment Facility (GEF) who are on a drive to visit the sites/projects they fund. The main reason for the visit is to find out what impact their involvement yields in promoting sustainable environmental practices around the world. One of the NAM-PLACE sites visited was the Windhoek Greenbelt landscape, which boasts a number of interventions by the NAM-PLACE project. The project has assisted members of this landscape to continue with... + read more
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