Conservation Areas

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The State-owned Namib-Naukluft Park is a landscape member. It encompasses a range of habitats including the Namib Sand Sea, the Naukluft mountains, inselbergs, the coastal lagoon of Sandwich Harbour, coastal pans, ephemeral river courses, gravel plains and the inland vleis of Sossusvlei and Tsondabvlei.

There are also privately-owned reserves within the landscape, including NamibRand Nature Reserve.


Relevant literature

  • Landscape conservation areas’ law enforcement manual

    Law Enforcement Brochure - roads-camping-littering-fires-trespassing

    Given the capacity of the area’s tourism, the stakeholders within the Greater Sossusvlei-Namib Landscape (GSNL) are confronted with management issues related to the tourism industry. These issues are specifically related to the conduct of the tourists in the area, and strict management implementation is necessary to uphold the environment and socio-economic status of the area. In pursuit of this, the landscape recognised the need to enhance law enforcement capacity in the area i, with the emphasis on educating NAMPOL on the relevant laws applicable to the regulation of tourism activities within the landscape, as well as on how the landscape members can complement NAMPOL’s efforts by exploring what powers landscape members have in terms of the law.
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  • NRNR Game Count report May 2013

    Results of the Annual Game Count for the NamibRand Nature Reserve and Pro-Namib Conservancy 1 June 2013

    Data collected in the June 2013 game count were calculated and analysed, bearing our three core objectives in mind: Population estimates, Wildlife distribution/density, Population change
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  • NRNR Game Count report May 2014

    Results of the NamibRand Nature Reserve and Pro-Namib Conservancy Annual Game Count 31 May 2014

    Data collected in the May 2014 game count were calculated and analysed, bearing our three core objectives in mind: Population estimates, Wildlife distribution/density, Population change
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  • Observations on the movements and home ranges of Hartmann’s Mountain Zebras and Oryx in the Greater Sossusvlei-Namib Landscape

    Mendelsohn J & Mendelsohn M, 2014. Observations on the movements and home ranges of Hartmann’s Mountain Zebras and Oryx in the Greater Sossusvlei-Namib Landscape. Update December 2014

    This document provides an update of information on the movements and locations of 9 Hartmann’s mountain zebra and 9 oryx in the Greater Sossusvlei-Namib Landscape (GSNL). The report covers one year: from the last days of November 2013 when the transmitters were fitted to the end of November 2014. A previous report reviewed data collected during the first 7 months up to the 26th of June 2014.
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  • Observations on the movements and home ranges of Hartmann’s Mountain Zebras and Oryx in the Greater Sossusvlei-Namib Landscape (powerpoint)

    Observations on the movements and home ranges of Hartmann’s Mountain Zebras and Oryx in the Greater Sossusvlei-Namib Landscape. Based on a report by John Mendelsohn (RAISON)

    A 16 slide powerpoint presentation summarising the results of the study of nine mountain zebra and nine oryx fitted with GPS tracking devices in the central Namib, showing locations and home ranges to date (after 7 months tracking).
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  • Report on the Burchell’s Zebra and Red Hartebeest total road count June 2014

    Report on the Burchell’s Zebra (Equus burchelli) and Red Hartebeest (Sigmoceros lichtensteinii) total road count done on the 24th of June 2014

    Population estimates for NamibRand Nature reserve were 367 Burchell's zebra and around 205 Red hartebeest.
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  • Report on the IUCN evaluation mission to Namibia 16 to 26 September 2012

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  • The ecological, social & economic implications of private game parks & private nature reserves in Namibia

    The ecological, social & economic implications of private game parks & private nature reserves in Namibia

    The Ministry of Environment & Tourism commissioned this study into the ecological, social, and economic implications of private game parks and nature reserves in Namibia. The Ministry engaged the services of an independent team of researchers consisting of an ecologist, an economist and a lawyer.
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  • World Heritage Site nomination dossier

    Comprehensive dossier compiled for the Namib Sand Sea World Heritage Site nomination
  • World Heritage Site nomination dossier - annexes

    Comprehensive dossier compiled for the Namib Sand Sea World Heritage Site nomination (annexes)