THE Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has defended a recent invitation for bids to hunt game, saying trophy hunters help the ministry in wildlife conservation and protection. This comes after queries why the ministry was allowing hunting in national parks in which rhino species roam freely. “[There is] nothing wrong with trophy…

Funds from the intended auction of 170 Namibian elephants will be deposited in country's Game Product Trust Fund (GPTF) for use on wildlife conservation and rural development projects, an official said Monday. These include projects of wildlife crime prevention and law enforcement, protected area management and human-wildlife conflict mitigation measures including the provision of alternative water…

The world’s first cheetah smart park equipped with new technology to monitor animals and assets of Namibia’s Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) has been established, a statement on Thursday said. The Dutch technology enterprise Smart Parks will help CCF manage more than 40 permanent resident cheetahs on CCF’s 67,000-hectare private reserve, model farm and field research and…

There are lots of reasons to move a rhinoceros. In Namibia, where one-third of the world’s 5,500 black rhinos live, conservationists must strategically relocate the animals to sustain local populations and encourage genetic diversity. Sometimes rhinos are moved to national parks, where they can be protected from poachers who relentlessly pursue their valuable horns. Others…

WINDHOEK, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Namibia's Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism on Wednesday said it is mapping out wildlife corridors to determine or make known the movement areas of wild animals so as to prevent human-wildlife conflict. In a statement, environment minister Pohamba Shifeta said the country was creating innovative mechanisms to reduce the…