Advancing sustainable development in Africa
<p>The report provides a detailed analysis of the design and implementation of Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) roadmaps aimed at advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Sub-Saharan
Namibia
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Namibia: Conservation Plan for Benguela Seabirds On Cards
EFFORTS are underway to put in place an inter-governmental action plan for the Benguela current seabirds. The Atlantic Ocean's marine-life filled Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) is shared
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Angola, Namibia Sign Accord Over Cuvelai Waters: Jornal
Angola and southern neighbor Namibia signed an accord to manage the Cuvelai river basin whose waters are shared by the two southwest African countries, according to state-controlled Jornal de Angola.
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The conflict between cheetahs and humans on Namibian farmland elucidated by stable isotope diet analysis
<p>Large areas of Namibia are covered by farmland, which is also used by game and predator species. Because it can cause conflicts with farmers when predators, such as cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus), hunt
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Namibia Refuses to Cancel Desert Elephant Hunt After Protests
Namibia won’t withdraw permits granted to hunt desert elephants, a group of the pachyderms that live in the country’s arid northwest, despite protests, the country’s Environment and Tourism minister said.
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Rio’s Rossing Water Plant to Cost $19 Million, Namibian Reports
Rio Tinto Group’s Rossing uranium said its planned water desalination plant will cost about 200 million Namibian dollars ($19 million), the Namibian newspaper reported. The facility in the southern
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Elephant conservation, illegal killing and ivory trade
Over 20,000 African elephants were poached across the continent in 2013 according to a report released today by the CITES Secretariat.
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Climate change counts
This mapping study, which examines the role of higher education in contributing to climate resilient development pathways, is the first of its kind in southern Africa, and in Africa more widely. Since
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Radioactive spill: similar incident at Rio Tinto mine days earlier
An operation in Namibia owned by the same parent company suffered a breach of its leach tank, injuring employees A week before a uranium mine in Kakadu National Park spilled a million litres of radioactive
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Southern Africa drought woes hurt GDP growth in region
Spells of drought in southern African this year have hit agricultural output and hurt economic growth in countries such as Zambia and Angola, underscoring the lingering importance of farming to the resource-rich
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Blind, starving cheetahs: the new symbol of climate change?
The world's fastest land animal is in trouble. The cheetah, formerly found across much of Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent, has been extirpated from at least 27 countries and is now