How do we know that EIAs are not working in Namibia? Our assessment is based on evidence from tracking all EIAs in Namibia since May 2023 on the EIA Tracker. The EIA Tracker logs all EIAs that are registered with the Office of the Environmental Commissioner (OEC) in the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) and places all the relevant information on the web for easy access - forever. If you want to check out the environmental details behind a new or existing project since May 2023, or what conditions were set in the Environmental Management Plan (EMP), the EIA Tracker can help you. Details on older projects between 2019 and May 2023 are available from Namibia’s Environmental Information Service (EIS). Without the Tracker you can only get this information from the DEA for a short period when the EIA is active. Thereafter the DEA deliberately makes it difficult for anyone trying to find out more about an EIA. This is a significant concern, because the EMP sets out how the project should be run and what it has undertaken to do to mitigate social and environmental impacts. This information is hidden from the public. As the OEC seldom inspects projects, there is no accountability for EMPs being implemented.