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
I am very happy to be here today with you all to celebrate World Rhino Day. Many of you here are those who are responsible for protecting Namibia’s natural resources, including its rhinos, and you are to be congratulated on the Kunene region’s remarkable success in doing so in recent years. Wildlife trafficking is a ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 22 September, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Environment, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID, Wildlife | Tags: Khorixas, Kunene, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, NamPol, World Rhino Day
Windhoek – The U.S. Embassy provided the Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism N$6.8 million of equipment funded through the U.S. Foreign Military Financing Program (FMFP) for biodiversity to be used in Namibia’s anti-poaching efforts. These 65 pairs of low-light binoculars are the first items to be delivered. Other items arriving over the next couple ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 12 February, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, Wildlife | Tags: Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Poaching, U.S. Foreign Military Financing Program (FMFP), Wildlife Trafficking
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
