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  • Call for membership application to the Namibia Water Partnership

    Posted on Jul 30, 2019

    <p>The Namibia Water Partnership (NWP) is not-for-profit action network of institutionally diverse partner organizations at the country level. The DRFN is the current host institution and the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry (MAWF) is the secretariat. </p> <p>The NWP hereby invites interested institutions/organizations/individuals to apply for membership and applications are welcome from various sectors comprising of government, private sector, NGO's, CBO's and academia.</p> <p>More information on the application process, is contained in the attached public notice: <a class="fr-file" href="/storage/app/media/uploaded-files/Min%20of%20Agri_Pub%20Notice_19x3.pdf">Min of Agri_Pub Notice_19x3.pdf</a></p>

  • YOUTH FOR CLIMATE ACTION CALL

    Posted on Jul 15, 2019

    <p>During the month of August, the DRFN in partnership with the Regional Sustainability Network, which is an initiative of the Hanns Seidel Foundation (Kenya) will host a series of dialogues known as the "Climate Change Baraza's". </p> <p>According to the United Nations Environment Programme, one of the main criticisms from youth is that their presence at key United Nations meetings is often tokenistic and that, at such a critical point in time, they don’t have a meaningful seat at the table.</p> <p>To address this, youth delegates attending the Fourth UN Environment Assembly came together to identify a series...</p>

  • Donkerbos relocation-final phase

    Posted on Jul 05, 2019

    <p>The new post starts to feel like home, after setting up kraals, fencing off and clearing paths for pipelines and home-steads it is finally time to settle down and get comfortable. Although work to make it a village will still continue; at-least most of the hard work is done.</p> <p>Four households finally settle with a few still preparing to move over, and  now it’s time to take ownership and give this new home a name. The community proposes several names, mostly based on the history of Donkerbos or what walked on the land before other people moved in. Stories are told of how they arrived on the farm...</p>

  • Donkerbos relocation-phase 2

    Posted on Jun 27, 2019

    <p>To relocate from an area perceived as home for many years takes guts and determination but when it is fueled by a desperate need for water then the circumstances propels you.  The decision did not come easy considering moving away from friends, family and community, families had to split up to allow mothers to stay behind and take care of school going children and the elderly. The move also means regular footing back to Donkerbos to see family, attend meetings, catch up on latest news and access the mobile clinic health services or receive  monthly pension pay-out. Water is that important in D...</p>

  • SASSCAL invites applications for the position of a TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION EXPERT

    Posted on Jun 25, 2019

    <p>This individual is required for the Collaboration Project ‘Wetlands Monitoring and Assessment Platform for Transboundary River Basins in Southern Africa (WeMAST) which was granted by the African Union through the Global Monitoring and Environmental Security Programme (GMES). The WeMAST project aims to support wetland assessment and monitoring methods applicable to Southern Africa by developing an integrated platform. This platform can provide wetland information service to SADC wetland authorities for assessment, monitoring by utilizing and integrating existing Earth Observation capabilities a...</p>

  • Community of Practice for Direct Access Entities in Durban, South Africa

    Posted on Jun 12, 2019

    <p>In 2016, accredited entities of the Adaptation Fund established a Community of Practice aimed at providing an avenue for knowledge exchange, learning and experience sharing amongst National Implementing Entities to support direct access to climate finance. The Community of Practice has grown to include Direct Access Entities (DAEs) of the Green Climate Fund (GCF).</p> <p>As the only accredited entity to the Adaptation Fund, the DRFN participated in a 3 day workshop in <strong>Durban, South Africa</strong><span>. </span></p> <p><span>Participants to this workshop also had the opportunity to visit the adaptation project being undertaken by  Sou...</span></p>

  • ProSus issue on ASSAR

    Posted on Jun 07, 2019

    <p>ProSus is a platform for exploring ideas and solutions for a more sustainable future. It showcases the voices of researchers, thinkers and storytellers, and perspectives that build bridges between science and society, between local and global realities.</p> <p>Latin for “forward”, ProSus is more than a synthesis of knowledge: it aims at informing, inspiring solutions and igniting conversations on how to address critical sustainability challenges. An editorially independent, non-profit magazine, ProSus is published twice a year by START International.</p> <p>This issue features work from the  <a href="https://start.org/prosus_magazine/?utm_source=START+News+2&amp;utm_campaign=881b40b77d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_11_28_11_16_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_f1cc88a4a8-881b40b77d-445925753">ASSAR project</a>.</p> ...

  • Donkerbos relocation-phase 1

    Posted on Jun 07, 2019

    <p>It all started with the need for water in an area where water is so difficult to find.</p> <p>Donkerbos is one of the few predominately San villages with about 150 to 160 people permanently resettled there. Donkerbos people can only be described as kind, very helpful and watchful. When you arrive there, you will find them all smiles and eager to be of assistance in anyway.</p> <p>Currently there are only 2 boreholes on the farm which provide water to the 150+ inhabitants, their animals and the local school of about 300 learners. As it is situated in an area where water is constantly a problem due to prevale...</p>

  • SASSCAL II Research Call

    Posted on May 07, 2019

    <p>With this new call for the subsequent research phase (2019 - 2022), the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research continues to fund research in southern Africa, building on results achieved during the first phase and referring to stakeholder and decision maker’s needs. The overarching goal of this call is to provide scientific inputs into SASSCAL’s strategic research framework that builds on the achievements of the first phase of SASSCAL and is in alignment with the institution’s mandate. The SASSCAL research framework addresses regional research needs and imperatives within the contex...</p>

  • UNEA-4 and #SolveDifferent

    Posted on Mar 22, 2019

    <p>The DRFN is part of the Regional Sustainability Network (RSN), which is an HSF-Kenya initiative that was launched in September of 2018 and this project will run from 2018-2020. RSN is comprised of various institutions from the civil society sphere currently representing eight countries from sub-Saharan Africa. This network aims to contribute towards achieving of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement through:</p> <ul><li>Enabling a strategic, innovative and efficient information exchange between actors in Africa in the thematic area of Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability</li> ...</ul>

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