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THE UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH ABOUT NAMIBIA’S CONSERVATION MODEL
The hunting of Voortrekker, an iconic Namibian desert elephant, for just R120 000 has sparked the debate on whether Namibia’s…
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Iconic Namibian Elephant Killed By Hunter
Namibia’s most famous elephant bull known as Voortrekker (“Pioneer”) to thousands of tourists was shot last week by a trophy…
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Big-game hunting group ‘using influence on conservation watchdogs to undermine protections for endangered animals’
Exclusive: Organisation has been heavily involved in Cites and IUCN for up to 20 years, winning campaigns to allow African lions and other species…
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Trophy Hunting, Part Two: End of the game
Lions seen at Willie Jacobs’ farm, Ukutula Lodge, on 31 July 2015 in Brits, South Africa. Jacobs’ farm was heavily…
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Namibia’s Environment Minister rejects criticism over trophy hunting
Namibia’s current and Kenya’s former ministers for environment engaged in a lively discussion about the polarising issue of trophy hunting…
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Extinction looms for Namibia’s Wild Horses
Nambia’s wild horses. Photo: Christine-Wulff-Swiegers The desert sun is setting on the Wild Horse population that has roamed Namibia’s Garub…
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Trophy hunting for conservation and development in Namibia? The limitations of economic benefits and the role of science
Recent years have shown an increase in the, often heated, debate on trophy hunting, with some important developments taking place…
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CITES – Proposals for amendments of appendices 1 & 2 regarding elephant populations of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe
CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA Eighteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties…
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Bribery in Namibia: Government forced community into silence
Dogged by allegations of bribery and unethical operators, a dodgy permitting system, and the contentious hunting of so-called ‘problem animals’…
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Poachers target Africa’s lions, vultures with poison
JOHANNESBURG: Hundreds of vultures in Namibia died after feeding on an elephant carcass that poachers had poisoned. Poachers in Zimbabwe…
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Namibia’s desert elephants back on the butcher’s block
Three of Namibia’s iconic desert elephants have become moving targets after the Ministry of Environment & Tourism (MET) earlier this…
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Open letter to ambassador Xin Shunkang of the People’s Republic of China to Namibia
Dear Ambassador Xin Shunkang, During the past few weeks, several Chinese nationals have been apprehended and charged with wildlife crimes,…
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Cape Fur Seal Trade Remains Shrouded in Secrecy
Namibia’s sealing industry persists in the face of a global trend toward ending the trade. A Cape fur seal basks…
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African countries square up for battle over future of ivory trade ban
Three countries in southern Africa have banded together to press for the ban on the international trade in ivory to…
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A look at Nambia’s rhino horn syndicates
It is not hard to spot the successful rhino poachers in Okahao: at a time when everyone else in Namibia…
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CITES Maintenance of the Appendices Decision-making mechanism for a process of trade in ivory
PROPOSAL OF NAMIBIA, SOUTH AFRICA AND ZIMBABWE This document has been submitted by Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.* Background At…
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Namibia’s Secret Ivory Business
It was a quiet evening in Zambezi, until a herdsman heard a gunshot in the wilderness. By the…
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Ivory sales by Zimbabwe and Namibia could ‘create demand spike’
IN EARLY May, the governments of Zimbabwe and Namibia took the unusual step of petitioning the Convention on the International…
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Namibian minister unhappy with regular elephant killings
The Minister of Environment and Tourism has expressed unhappiness over the manner the Musese Green Scheme Project manager Tulio Pereira…
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Namibia to ask permission from Cites to trade in ivory
ENVIRONMENT and tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta says Namibia will ask the Convention on International Trade on Endangered Species of wild…