In this episode of the MYD Earth Show, we we’re chat to Dayne Braine of Batis Birding Safaris, a Namibian family run Tour Company based in Swakopmund specialising in birding tours, adapted desert species and Namibian natural history. Specialising in endemic species of birds in places like the Brandberg, Spittzkoppe, the Swakop River as well as our uniquely desert adapted …
In this episode of the MYD Earth Show we are chatting to the Deputy Director in the Department of Agriculture at the Namibia University of Science and Technology, Dr. Ibo Zimmermann, about Permaculutre. Soil is the foundation for a healthy environment, the material your plants grow from, soil is alive. Permaculture is a system of agricultural that uses the patterns observed …
In this episode of the MYD Earth Show, we speak to Dr. Justine Braby, the Director of Progress Namibia Technical and Advisory Services, about the state of the world environment today. Dr. Braby shares here how global changes in climate are impacting systems all over the globe and how this will affect us here in Namibia if action isn’t taken …
Technology is enabling improved monitoring of human-wildlife interaction here in Namibia, this is what a team from the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) joined us in the MYD Earth studio to share. A team of passionate scientists joined us to share about how using technology, is enabling more accurate game counting and uncovering potential rangeland degradation, bush encroachment …
Pangolins have walked the earth for 80 million years, as insect eaters who provide an important role in our ecosystem. Yet today, Pangolins are believed to be the most trafficked mammals in the world. They are trafficked for their scales, which are made of keratin like our fingernails and rhino horns. Pangolins are as a result fast facing extinction. In …
EduVentures has been in existence since 2003 and is run from within the National Museum of Namibia. It exists for environmental education of Namibian children, from mainly disadvantaged backgrounds, through environmental experiences and educational excursions. In addition, through their mobile classroom, they assist young Namibians to understand our natural heritage. In this episode of the MYD Earth Show, we speak …
In this episode of the MYD Earth Show, Desiree Naobes guides us through the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in Namibia. Whilst on a recent visit to Southern Kunene, MYD Earth spent some time near Twyfelfontein, learning about the Damara Culture through the Damara Living Museum and exploring, an open-air art gallery home to, the largest collection of rock engravings in Southern Africa …
Development that considers the environment is the goal for a sustainable future. That future lies in the hands of the youth as the future custodians of our environment. “It would be pretty unwise of any of us for any young people to side step the discussions on climate change. I want young people to do the research, to see what …