The establishment of this platform was supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) under the Partnership Against Poaching and Illegal Wildlife Trade (in Africa and Asia), implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and managed by the Namibia Nature Foundation to support the communication efforts by Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism.