This archive of published media articles about wildlife crime in Namibia aims to:
Public access to information is a vital component of ensuring community engagement in prevalent issues. Wildlife crime is one of the pressing environmental issues of our time.
Wildlife crime investigations are generally covert operations requiring utmost confidentiality to succeed. Investigations and prosecutions in complex cases may take months or even years to complete. For this reason, the information that can be released to the public without compromising cases is often limited. Nonetheless, the Namibian government strives to share as much information as possible with the public.
The Namibian media has welcomed this approach and regularly publishes statistics and feature articles on wildlife crime. These are entered into the database at regular intervals, creating a comprehensive archive of wildlife crime reporting in Namibia.
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The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has launched a new initiative to fight against rhino poaching. Speaking at the launch of the initiative, which coincided with the commemoration of the World Rhino Day hosted at Okaukejo over the weekend, environment minister Pohamba Shifeta said Namibia has the second-largest white Rhino population in the world after South Africa and the largest population of black Rhinos in the world. However, Shifeta said that rhinos have become an endangered species, and, in some areas, they have even become extinct…
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NAM_2023_09_Environment ministry ups fights against rhino poaching_The Namibian.pdf | 130.86 KB |
Rhinos were poached to near extinction in Zimbabwe. Now a private wildlife sanctuary is reintroducing them to places.
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ZIM_2022_09_The wildlife sanctuary bringing rhinos back from the brink_ABC News.pdf | 890.05 KB |
Private game reserves are buckling under the costs of keeping rhinos safe from poachers. This as the trend shows poachers have set their sights on private reserves. More than 250 rhinos were poached in the first half of the year.
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SA_2022_09_Rhino poaching hits private game reserves in the pocket_News24.pdf | 549.59 KB |
Rhino conservation groups say a collaborative, cross-border approach is needed to stop poaching. South Africa lost 259 rhinos to poaching in the first half of the year. Private game reserves are increasingly targeted by poachers, forcing them to increase security measures.
Dem namibischen Umweltministerium werden künftig rund 92 Millionen N$ für den Schutz von Wild- und Nutztieren zur Verfügung stehen. Im Rahmen einer Zeremonie haben Vertreter des Umweltministeriums, des Entwicklungsprogramms der Vereinten Nationen (UNDP, United Nations Development Programme) und der nationalen Planungskommission (NPC, National Planning Commission) am Dienstagnachmittag die Projektpapiere unterzeichnet. Die Wildschutzstrategie wird von der globalen Umwelteinrichtung (GEF, Global Environment Facility) finanziert und soll ab Januar kommenden Jahres bis zum Jahr 2026…
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NAM_2021_10_Wildschutzprojekt gestartet_Allgemeine Zeitung.pdf | 366.54 KB |
NAM_2021_10_Wildlife protection project started_Allgemeine Zeitung_Eng.pdf | 364.54 KB |