Human Wildlife Conflict Mitigation in the Reimvasmaaker Community

05Sep

The MYD Earth tour of Southern Kunene yielded one of the most insightful interviews on the show to date.  The Riemvasmaaker community lives and farms alongside wildlife and despite the challenges posed by human wildlife conflict, they remain committed to protecting and wildlife. Jantjie Rein, a member of the Community shared his experience: “We never had conservancies back then. There …

Desert Elephants and the Journey for Water

06May

Namibia’s Desert Dwelling Elephants are one of only two populations worldwide that that adapted to live in a desert environment. Sometimes these Elephants walk up to 70 kilometres at night to find water points, water points shared with humans. In this episode of the MYD Earth Show we speak to Elephant–Human Relations Aid or EHRA, about the work they do …