Located in the very remote plains of the Kalahari and still conforming to old traditions and cultures the community of Donkerbos has not been spared from the impacts of climate change. These impacts are very noticeable in the calm and reserved community and their surroundings. It is heightened more when stories of days foregone are told and pictures are painted through words, that one feels the longing for the olden days and some lost friends. Nonetheless, Donkerbos did not sit by and reminisce on the golden olden days but rather decided to do something about the inevitable change happening in...

Namibia is one of the countries that will be particularly vulnerable to the impacts of 1.5 °C and higher levels of global warming because it is already a hot, dry and water-stressed country that is prone to floods, malaria and drought. The 1.5 °C increase will not only lead to distinct climatic conditions but will worsen already existing vulnerabilities hence there is a need for the country to implements ex-tensive, adaptive and transformative responses to the 1.5°C threshold.

It is against this background, the (DRFN) and its project partners, The University of Namibia (UNAM) and Reos Partners...

Dear stakeholders interested in Sustainable Forest Management,

It gives us great pleasure to invite you to a Panel Discussion on ‘What is Sustainable Forest Management?’.

The Panel Discussion is the first in a series of upcoming public discussions which are part of the activities of the ‘Promoting Sustainable Forest Management in the Kavango-Zambezi-Region in Namibia’ (NSFM) Project. The NSFM-Project is a 3-year project funded by the European Union and implemented by the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) Namibia in collaboration with the Desert Research Foundation of Namibia (DRFN).

The Panel Disc...

The DRFN and HSF-Namibia have as co-implementers of the NSFM project are pleased to announce the following calls for proposals.

Provision of professional consultancy services for various activities of the EU funded project ‘Promoting Sustainable Forest Management in the Kavango-Zambezi-Region in Namibia (NSFM-Project):

Description of Services:

1. Conducting a baseline study

2. Creating educational material

3. Creating a publication on Sustainable Forest Management

4. Creating a training manual for educational project activities

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