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Namibian Wildlife Crimes article archive
This archive of published media articles about wildlife crime in Namibia aims to:
- provide easy public access to published information and statistics
- enable easy stakeholder access to articles
- provide a comprehensive archive of wildlife crime reporting in Namibia
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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A parliamentary monitoring mission to the Zambezi, Kavango East and Kavango West regions has revealed that Namibia's world-renowned Community Natural Resources Management Programme (CBNRM) is at a critical crossroads. While nature reserves continue to generate millions for rural communities - over N$30 million in the Zambezi region alone last fiscal year - the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources said the system was hampered by outdated frameworks, weak governance and an unhealthy reliance on trophy hunting.
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| NAM_2025_11_CBNRM is deprecated_Allgemeine Zeitung.pdf | 30.99 KB |
A parliamentary oversight mission to the Zambezi, Kavango East and Kavango West regions has revealed that Namibia’s world-renowned community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) programme is at a critical crossroads. While conservancies continue to generate millions for rural communities - over N$30 million in the Zambezi region alone in the last financial year – the parliamentary standing committee on natural resources said the system is held back by outdated frameworks, weak governance and an unhealthy dependence on trophy hunting.
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| NAM_2025_11_MPs call for urgent CBNRM reform amid major challenges_Namibian Sun.pdf | 29.18 KB |
Although the CBNRM programme has played a central role in the success of conservation in Namibia since 1998, it has not been modernised to reflect rapidly changing economic and environmental realities, according to the report. The nature reserves continue to operate according to the original framework conditions, which no longer meet new threats such as escalating human-wildlife conflicts, illegal logging, poaching, land occupation and increasing competition for land from other sectors.
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| NAM_2025_12_CBNRM is deprecated_Allgemeine Zeitung.pdf | 28.85 KB |