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Elunduluko lo nghalo yo mepo, ola eta oupyakadi ko nghalo yo ushitwe, Pohamba Shifeta tati”

Minister wo midingonoko, omifitu no matalelepo Pohamba Shifeta, okwati onghalo yo upyakadi we lu nduluko lo mepo oshinima sha eta eshongo ke ameno lo midingonoko . Shifeta edi okwe di popya no ikundaneki pefimbo ali aka ta lelapo oshikunino sho inamwenyo sha Salambala tashi hangwa moshikandjo hoololo sha Katima Rural mo shitopolwa sha Zambezi, omo tamu hangwa eendjabameva di dulife 100, da pundila mo nopo, omolwo ondjila yo makungulukilo omeva […]

18 June, 2024

Namibia

Environment Minister Shifeta Assesses Stranded Hippos Along Drying Chobe River

Environment, Forestry, and Tourism Minister, Pohamba Shifeta visited and assessed the pond along the Chobe River, where approximately 135 hippos are stranded due to the river's continued drying. Here is Minister Shifeta.

13 June, 2024

Africa

Africa’s green bond market is booming – report

By Bonface Orucho, bird story agency Green bonds are experiencing robust growth in Africa as governments, corporations, and financial institutions recognize their potential to fund sustainable projects. A new report shows green bond issuances in Africa jumped 125% last year, hitting US$1.4 billion from US$600 million in 2022. The report, ‘Emerging Market Green Bonds’ by the International Finance Corporation and Amundi, a European asset manager […]

3 June, 2024

Africa

Health risks at home: a study in six African countries shows how healthy housing saves children’s lives

The WHO has developed guidelines outlining the attributes of healthy housing. These include structural soundness, as well as access to a local community that enables social interactions. Healthy housing protects inhabitants from the effects of disasters, pollution, waste and extreme heat or cold. It provides a feeling of home, including a sense of belonging, security and privacy. Health risks in the home environment are important to think about because of […]

26 March, 2024

Namibia

Environment Ministry Denounces Illegal Poaching Incident in Mangetti National Park

The Environment, Forestry, and Tourism Ministry strongly condemns the illegal poaching activity discovered within the Mangetti National Park, where three members of the NDF were apprehended with dried game meat from Eland, Kudu, and Wildebeest, lacking the necessary permits. The perpetrators are scheduled to appear in the Rundu Magistrate Court to face charges. Ministry spokesperson Romeo Muyunda.

25 March, 2024

South Africa

SA Private Association of Rhino Conservation Reserves demands swift and severe action on poaching-related crime

The SA Private Association of Rhino Conservation Reserves demands swift and severe action against government officials implicated in poaching-related crime. This follows the reinstatement of a nature conservation official from North West's Department of Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and Tourism, Mxolisi Stephen, previously charged with alleged poaching offenses. Stephen faces eight charges of alleged rhino dehorning and horn transportation without permits. The association's Glen Phillips calls for accountability:

25 March, 2024

Africa

Climate change, extreme weather & conflict exacerbate global food crisis

Global food insecurity has risen substantially since pre-pandemic times, exacerbated by extreme weather, climate change, war and conflict. What the U.N. World Food Program calls “a hunger crisis of unprecedented proportions” plays out differently around the world. In this story, three of Mongabay’s Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellows detail the local situation in their region – from rising inflation and flooding in Nigeria to diminished local food […]

22 February, 2024

Environment

Scientists study levels of toxic mercury in Antarctic mammals

Marine biologists collect skin samples from humpback whales and leopard seals in Antarctica to detect the presence of mercury in their bodies. The toxic heavy metal is believed to reach the ocean through rivers or rain. According to the UN environmental agency UNEP, if an animal consumes mercury, it may suffer "reproductive failure, behavioural changes and may even (die)."

21 February, 2024

Environment

Conservationists aim to save South America’s super tiny wild cat, the guina

Image courtesy of Jerry Laker/Fauna Australis. By Petro Kotzé via MongaBay For more than 200 million years, the ancient Valdivian Temperate Forest in southwestern Chile has been a refuge for plant and animal species found nowhere else on Earth. This global biodiversity hotspot is home to monkey puzzle trees (Araucaria araucana), the endangered chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera), threatened southern pudu (Pudu puda) — the world’s smallest deer — and two critically endangered species: the […]

23 January, 2024