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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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"Controlled trade in rhino horn should be permitted". The Wildlife Vets Namibia team recently dehorned rhinos from the Rhino Momma project. According to Wildlife Vets, the CITES ban on the trade in rhino horn has caused a rhino to be worth more dead than alive.
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| NAM_2025_02_Further dehorning action_Allgemeine Zeitung.pdf | 300.44 KB |
The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT) has expressed satisfaction with the progress made in establishing the District Court for Environmental Crimes in Otjiwarongo. According to a press release from MEFT press officer, Romeo Muyunda, this initiative is part of the national wildlife conservation strategy agreed by stakeholders to support the fight against wildlife crime. "The court focuses on environmental crime cases and will expedite the processing of wildlife cases, which we believe will help prevent wildlife crime," it says.
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| NAM_2025_02_Faster justice for wildlife protection_Allgemeine Zeitung_Eng.pdf | 255.69 KB |
Vergangenen Donnerstag sind bei Windhoek zwei Wilderer gefasst worden. Nach Angaben der Beteiligten bemerkte Reservist Harmse, der in der Olof-Palme-Straße wohnt, gegen sechs Uhr morgens Autogeräusche in den Hügeln nördlich der Straße. Er öffnete daher seine Überwachungskameras in Eros und und beobachtete ein verdächtiges Auto, woraufhin er seinen Verdacht auf verschiedenen Nachbarschaftsgruppen und einer Polizeigruppe mitteilte. Demnach entsandte das private Sicherheitsunternehmen Xiphos Security zwei Mitarbeiter, um Harmse zu unterstützen.
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| NAM_2024_04_Zwei Wilderer bei Windhoek gefasst_Allgemeine Zeitung.pdf | 147.5 KB |
| NAM_2024_04_Two poachers caught near Windhoek_Allgemeine Zeitung_Eng.pdf | 146.38 KB |