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The communal conservancies’ portion of the Greater Waterberg Landscape (GWL) makes up the biggest area of the total landscape (85%). This is made up of the African Wild Dog, Okamatapati, Otjituuo and Ozonahi, all which were established in 2005. To date, these conservancies trail behind in the realisation of the aspirations and objectives, a trend attributed to among others, the weakness of the institutional structures. It resulted in the decision by the Landscape Management Committee (LMC)... + read more
Namibia is prone to veld fires, which poses a serious challenge to the national economy through reduction of grazing land which undermines the agricultural productivity a pillar national economic in the country. Veld fires greatly threaten biodiversity as it reduces habitat diversity and destroys flora and faunas. Soil erosions can also occur as a result of veld fires that reduces land cover and subsequent runoff infiltration. In savannah grassland, the landscape provides an aesthetic appeal... + read more
The Namib Sand Sea was inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List on Friday 21st June 2013.
The Namib Sand Sea is the only coastal desert in the world that includes extensive dune fields influenced by fog. It falls within the Greater Sossusvlei-Namib Landscape. Covering an area of over three million hectares and a buffer zone of 899,500 hectares, the site is composed of two dune systems, an ancient semi-consolidated one... + read more
The Namibia Protected Landscape Conservation Areas Initiative, known as the NAM-PLACE Project, was officially launched by Hon. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the Minister of Environment and Tourism on the 15th of November 2011 at the Safari Court Hotel in Windhoek.
Read the Minister's speech.
