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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Authorities in Gabon have dismantled a broad network of international ivory traffickers who smuggled ivory from Gabon to Cameroon and onto lucrative Asian markets. The operation involved the Gabonese judicial police and government directorates of forestry and wildlife, with the support of the NGO Conservation Justice.
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GAB_2023_09_Gabon makes major poaching arrests_Freight News.pdf | 196.97 KB |
Poaching is horrible not only for animals but also for the environment. However, you might be unsure of exactly why this is so. We’re here to help educate you on why poaching is bad. You will also get an answer to your question: is poaching illegal? There's a lot to learn about poaching. In addition to whether it is unlawful or not, you will also gain a basic understanding of what poaching is and why it is harmful to the world around us.
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LegalScoops_2022_02_Is Poaching Illegal_Everything You Need to Know_LegalScoops.pdf | 215.76 KB |
The German Federal Government has mobilized additional resources of €13 million to support the Namibian Government, through the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, in mitigating the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic in the conservation and tourism sector.