Namibia

An ecological Turing mechanism — Plants are "ecosystem engineers" that survive by forming optimal geometric patterns. Jennifer Ouellette - Oct 21, 2022 8:23 pm UTC Enlarge / Drone image of car driving through the NamibRand Nature Reserve, one of the fairy-circle regions in Namibia. Stephan Getzin So-called "fairy circles" are bare,…

Did you know that Namibia is home to the largest population of free-roaming cheetahs - about 3,000 - in the world?! Burchell-Wolf Safaris, based outside Etosha National Park, has announced it is taking reservations for the upcoming season beginning March 1, 2023. The group, which runs a 30,000-acre property (50…

Namibia has called on parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to submit more ambitious national determined contributions (NDCs) and to adopt ambitions deadlines for achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions. The call is contained in Namibia's position paper to the 27th Conference of the Parties…

This closeup of a fairy circle was taken during sunset in the Namib Naukluft Park, Namibia. Mark Dumbleton/Shutterstock Between 2020 and 2022, Getzin and his research team collected soil and plant samples in 10 regions of the Namib Desert where fairy circles are found. In the study, Getzin noted that…

For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now   For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS   | Updated: Monday, October 31, 2022, 23:58 Bhopal, Oct 31: The eight cheetahs flown to Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park (KNP) from Namibia in mid-September will be moved to an acclimatization enclosure in November before being released in…

Trigon Metals Inc. reported results from the drilling of new mineralization targets at the 80% indirectly owned Kombat mine in Namibia. These results are from the East 400 area, 150 metres east of the Kavango Pit, discussed in recent press releases, extending the Kombat trend mineralization. Highlights of the Drill…

For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now   For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS   | Updated: Saturday, November 5, 2022, 23:54 Sheopur (MP), Nov 05: Two of the eight cheetahs in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park (KNP) were on Saturday released into an acclimatisation enclosure from the quarantine area where they were…

THE Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism said the 100-kilometre-long state forest in the Zambezi region is under threat due to foreigners entering at undesignated points to harvest timber on a daily basis. This was revealed by ministry spokesperson Romeo Muyunda during an interview with The Namibian yesterday. He said…

AMSTERDAM — Canada's men's rugby team dropped a 43-37 decision to Namibia on Saturday to conclude their two-game European fall tour. The Canadians led with less than a minute to play, before Namibia's scrum half TC Kisting dove over the line for the winning try to give the Namibians their…

PM Modi releasing Cheetahs at the Kuno National Park on September 17, 2022. | Photo Credit: YouTube/PMOIndia Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on September 17, released a coalition of cheetahs into the Kuno National Park, in Madhya Pradesh. Eight Cheetahs — five of which are female — were flown from Windhoek,…