Windhoek – United States Ambassador Lisa Johnson handed over two Toyota Land Cruisers to the project “Combating Wildlife Trafficking in Namibia”, a project managed by the Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF). One vehicle will be used by NNF in the Windhoek area and the other by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism in Kunene. The project ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 8 October, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, USAID, Wildlife | Tags: Combating Wildlife Trafficking, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Namibia Nature Foundation, Wildlife Trafficking
Khorixas – In celebration of World Rhino Day, U.S. Ambassador Lisa Johnson joined the Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the World Wildlife Fund to call for protection of Namibia’s rhinoceros population. “Together, we must save Namibia’s rhinos from illegal poaching,” she said in Khorixas at a ceremony to mark Rhino Day, which occurs ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 22 September, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, USAID, Wildlife | Tags: Combating Wildlife Trafficking, Khorixas, Kunene, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, World Rhino Day
Windhoek – The U.S. Embassy Regional Security Office recently accompanied the Regional U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Attaché and an experienced FWS Investigator on a speaker program in the North of Namibia focused on Wildlife Trafficking Investigations. The target audience was Namibian Police Force (NAMPOL) officers stationed at regional headquarters in Kamanjab, Rundu, and ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 24 November, 2017 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, Wildlife | Tags: Combating Wildlife Trafficking, NamPol, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Daniel M. Ashe, met with the Minister of Environment and Tourism Pohamba Shifeta on October 12 in Windhoek. The two discussed wildlife conservation and anti-poaching efforts in Namibia with a focus on Namibia’s community conservancy model. During his visit, Director Ashe visited Namibia’s Etosha National Park, ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 12 October, 2016 | Topics: Ambassador, Environment, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, Wildlife | Tags: Combating Wildlife Trafficking, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Ambassador Thomas F. Daughton remarks for Opening the Second Regional Workshop for Prosecutors and Magistrates on Combating Wildlife Trafficking Good morning. It is a pleasure to welcome you to Windhoek and to this second workshop on Combating Wildlife Trafficking Crime. The U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the United Nations Office on Drugs ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 1 August, 2016 | Topics: Ambassador, Exclude, Former U.S. Government Leaders, Speeches, Wildlife | Tags: Ambassador, Barack Obama, Combating Wildlife Trafficking, John Kerry, Speeches
