MEFT dehorns rhinos at Etosha to combat poaching
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The Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism carried out the dehorning of rhinos at Etosha National Park in order to combat poaching in the country.
The Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism carried out the dehorning of rhinos at Etosha National Park in order to combat poaching in the country.
The Minister of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism Pohamba Shifeta has expressed concern at the increase in the population of brown fur seals at Cape Cross.
A search team from the Ministry of Environment, Tourism, and Forestry only managed to recover the head of a male victim , who was caught by a crocodile at Rundjara in the Kavango East Region.
It's the rainy season and the best time to fish for residents living along the Kavango River.
With the frequent influx of tourists following the lifting of the COVID-19 travel ban, the state of the gravel roads within the flagship Etosha National Park is said to be rapidly deteriorating.
The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism urges the public to follow guidelines to keep themselves secure and safe during the festive season and to ensure that wildlife crimes, and poaching incidences, in particular, do not occur during this holiday.
The Minister of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism has warned researchers against the exploitation of indigenous people's traditional knowledge and genetic resources without benefiting them.
The N|A'ankusê Foundation has expressed its discontent with new regulations at the Ministry of Environment related to the keeping of large carnivores in captivity.
The Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism has developed a 2022–2024 National Tourism Sector Recovery Plan to revive the sector from the effects of the COVID–19 pandemic.
Its Deputy Minister Heather Sibungo announced this at the official opening of the Tourism Expo in the capital.
The German government, through the KfW Development Bank, has donated vehicles, as well as park management and law enforcement equipment worth N$21.7 million to the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism in Windhoek.
The grant is in support of Namibia's efforts to combat wildlife crime.