World Wildlife Day was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2013 as the day on which the world celebrates and raises awareness of the endangered fauna and flora around the world. Celebrated every year on 3 March, the day is this time around being celebrated under the theme “Sustaining all Life on Earth”. In Namibia, the fight …
In the third and final episode of this special podcast highlighting the B2Gold Rhino Gold Bar Mark Dawe, Managing Director and Country Manager of B2Gold Namibia, sat down with 99FM’s Ché Ulenga to talk about the Rhino Gold Bar’s features, how to purchase, and how the purchase of a gold bar will contribute to the survival of the rhino. CU: …
Namibians have many reasons to be proud of our country. One example that has gained international respect and mimicry is our community-based natural resource management, or CBNRM. Since its founding in the mid-1980’s, the CBNRM programme has become and international model for combining tourism, conservation and community development for the benefit of rural Namibians living in communal conservancies. These communities …
A pragmatic environmentalist, a vegetarian and a supporter of sustainable hunting, Dr Chris Brown has been at the forefront of Namibia’s environmental movement for the past 30 years. His practical experience encompasses environmental management, administration, strategic planning, development and project and programme design coordination. He was the Ministry of Environment and Tourism’s first Director of the Directorate of Environmental Affairs, …
Namibia has a population of about 800 lions, a number which was last seen between 1965 and 1980. The most significant increase of populations has been in the Kunene Region, which saw a boost of between 20-30 to 140-160. The rest of the lion population in Namibia is contained within national parks and smaller numbers in wildlife areas. This interview …
During an unconventional interview that took place under the cool shade of a mopane tree in the warm in Southern town of Khorixas, Clemence Naomab talks to MYD’s Kirsty Watermayer about the benefits of community engagement and grassroots collaboration in the fight against rhino poaching. MYD: We’ve heard about Rhino poaching and people are talking about fighting the scourge of …
One of the pioneers of the Communal Conservancy Program in Namibia, Dr. Margaret Jacobsohn is no stranger to the MYD show. This time around, she joins us to talk about Namibian conservation and her memoir, ‘Life Is Like A Kudu Horn’. MYD: What motivated you to write this book? I think my belief and passion for community action, because I …
On this episode of the MYD Earth Show, we sit down with Dr. Jonathan Kamwi, a Plant Studies Lecturer at the Namibia University of Science and Technology. MYD: Tell us about how you became a forest scientist? It started at a very young age. I just loved nature so in secondary school I continued with subjects which are related to …
The Managing Director of Conservation Synergies, Alistair Nielson in this episode of the MYD Earth show shares his insight on conservation in Namibia and Africa at large. After working for years to fight poaching in Mozambique, Alistair is able to share a snapshot of the environmental situation in Mozambique and while it’s a very different picture to Namibian conservation, the …
Kirsty Watermeyer interviews Heiko Denker in this episode of MYD Earth. Not a stranger to the show, he shares his thoughts on conservation and the possibilities that it opens up for a country. While art has become a passion for him in recent years, Heiko is actually an engineer by profession and only recently started to explore his artistic …