Today we launch a new page on the NACSO site: Visits and Learning. It is a fundamental principle of CBNRM that we learn from each other,...
NACSO connects the communities and organisations that manage and conserve Namibia’s natural resources
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13 August 2018
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12 August 2018
On Saturday 4 August at Dreifontein Pos, Torra Conservancy and the community of Bergsig paid tribute to Vitalus Florry, a great Kunene conservationist, who has died at the early age of age of 50...
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5 August 2018
“It is now my honour to formally declare the ‘Call for Proposals’ under this EDA project as officially launched” said the Minister of Environment and Tourism, the Honourable Pohamba Shifeta, after...
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29 July 2018
Steve Felton recently visited Tanzania where he joined village game scouts for a day. This is his report.
The body of a Maasai man is lying face down in the grass, feet protruding from his...
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23 July 2018
As the only institution in Namibia accredited to access funds from the Green Climate fund (GCF), the Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF) offers loans and grants to individuals, projects...
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15 July 2018
We woke up in the dark and freezing cold in Namibia’s arid Kunene region. The world’s largest road-based game count just kicked off in early June and I participated in it for the first time as a...
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8 July 2018
“It went past in the blink of an eye,” said Chris Weaver, Managing Director of WWF in Namibia, talking about his experience of contributing to Namibia’s conservation success story. The occasion...
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1 July 2018
NACSO’s Matthew Walters relates his experience of adding to Namibia’s ecological database.
“In the time that I have worked for NACSO under the Donald Hamer Conservation Leadership Programme...
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26 June 2018
If you ever played I-spy, this is for you.
From the arid desert with a few hardy plants and animals, to the lush Zambezi rivers where over 400 species of birds fly above tall trees,...
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17 June 2018
Founded in Namibia in 1990, Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) and member of NACSO, is the global leader in research and conservation of cheetahs. CCF is dedicated to saving the cheetah in the wild...
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6 June 2018
‘Small Things Matter’ was the theme of the 20th Namibian Tourism Expo. This theme focused on how well the tourism industry was performing, and making people mindful of the fact we still need to...
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3 June 2018
Good governance is the principle foundation upon which the CBNRM programme was established, and if it is not strengthened – and soon, the conservancy programme will just be a story. This was the...
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14 May 2018
Tusk has recently begun supporting the ground-breaking efforts of IRDNC (Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation) in protecting Namibia’s spectacular Kunene region through a genuine...
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6 May 2018
A review of Affluence without Abundance “In the Kalahari, rain is the great creator and drought the great destroyer.”
Author James Suzman has a way with words that engages immediately and...
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26 April 2018
The King Nehale Conservancy office grounds were filled with campers which consisted of game guards from all the North Central conservancies, King Nehale, Iipumbu ya Tshilongo, Sheya Shuushona,...
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15 April 2018
The Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP) which began in 2012 with the objectives of: (1) providing a cadre of young conservationists within Namibia’s CBNRM programme, and (2) providing a...
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3 April 2018
Steve Felton is currently touring East Africa, and he sends this report from Nashulai Maasai Conservancy, just north of the famous Maasai Mara in Kenya.
Joseph Koishikere’s ear...
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30 March 2018
While Namibia was celebrating Earth Hour in Zambezi Region with a focus on biodiversity, other events took place worldwide and, of course, across Africa. Steve Felton reports from Kenya, where he...
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26 March 2018
Earth Hour is focusing on a new campaign message called ‘Connect2Earth’ for the next three years, which aims to highlight the interconnection between biodiversity and climate change. The focus is...
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18 March 2018
During the week of 4-11 March, twelve Lion Rangers, three field coordinators, two researchers, and three staff members gathered to formally inaugurate and begin operations of the Lion Ranger...
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