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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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Thursday, 14 November 2024
Nitnaware H 2024. Unchecked big cat trade thrives in South Africa, fuelling global wildlife crime.

South Africa has become the world's largest exporter of big cats and their body parts, with a thriving yet poorly regulated industry enabling illegal trade, according to a new report by global animal welfare organisation Four Paws. More than 3,500 live big cats and 34,000 body parts were exported from South Africa over the past two decades, revealed the report based on data from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

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SA_2024_11_Unchecked big cat trade in South Africa fuels global wildlife crime_Down to Earth.pdf 75.78 KB
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Thursday, 3 October 2024
Kayunde M 2024. A brand new Namibian documentary on kykNET this October. Documentary films and series are becoming increasingly popular locally and globally because viewers have an ever-growing interest in the story behind the story. This October, a brand new Namibian documentary is showing on kykNET (DStv channel 144 and GOtv channel 15).The documentary, Eden’s Guardian Angelst, looks at the extraordinary trajectory from wildlife crisis to conservation victory. On a continent struggling with the devastating effects of poaching and the conflict between the needs of people and nature, Namibia stands out as a beacon of hope. It is also an inspiring example of the invaluable contribution that community-led conservation can make. This compelling film takes a closer look at Namibia’s pioneering conservation efforts and introduces the viewer to dedicated guardians of three conservation areas across this vast and pristine country. Through their eyes, we see the urgent plight of the world’s most traded mammal, the jackdaw and the last remaining, free-ranging black rhinos, whose numbers are still shrinking.
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NAM_2024_10_A brand new Namibian documentary on kykNET this October_Namibian Sun.pdf 326.09 KB
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Thursday, 16 November 2023
Booysen C 2023. Endangered-plants poacher behind bars for a decade.

A 42-year-old man has been sentenced to a decade behind bars at the Kuruman Regional Court after being nabbed with 2 850 endangered and protected plants worth more than R9 million. 

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SA_2023_11_Endangered_plants poacher behind bars for a decade_IOL.pdf 122.63 KB
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