Namibia
NAMIBIA; You Know I'm Hungry, Feed Me Todayips.org | 25 Feb 2011A universal income grant in Namibia would alleviate poverty in one of the most unequal societies on earth, say campaigners. Free handouts only lead to laziness, responds an unwilling government. In Otjivero, a small settlement some 100 kilometres outside the Namibian capital, a coalition of civil society groups moved to settle the argument: a pilot project demonstrating the Basic Income Grant (BIG) has made a real difference.
Namibia | Agriculture | Food Security | Poverty Reduction Namibia: When we have food, we are richfeedproxy.google.com | 08 Feb 2011In the deep north of Southern Africa's driest country, Namibia, about 10km from the Angolan border, live an elderly farming couple and their 10 adopted children, who watch the sky every day for rain. If the heavens do not open in another three weeks, they will not have enough food this year.
Namibia | Drought | Food Security Namibia Embarks on Nuclear PolicyInter Press Service | 04 Jan 2011Namibia is set to develop its rich uranium resources and intends to pursue uranium enrichment locally. It also plans to build its own nuclear electricity plant. Nuclear energy experts from Finlands Nuclear and Radiation Authority are currently helping the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) to draft Namibias first ever nuclear policy, which is to be completed mid-2011, together with relevant laws. Namibia plans to generate electricity from its own nuclear reactor by 2018.
Namibia | Economics and the Environment | Energy | Energy Conservation | Energy Consumption | Nuclear Power Namibia: National Forum Launched for a Cleaner CoastAllAfrica.com | 10 Nov 2010Walvis Bay — The nagging questions are: Why are there coastal cleanups every year, and why do people have a 'natural' tendency to litter? Should not every Namibian feel proud of their precious environment, and do all they can to preserve it? What can be done to stop the vice of littering? These are the issues, in a nutshell, that were raised at the launch of the Namibian Coastal Cleanup Forum held in Walvis Bay recently.
Namibia | Waste Management | Water Pollution the Namibian: On climate change and the mediaThe Namibian | 01 Nov 2010Last week, I was asked to make a presentation at the media training workshop on reporting climate change, held at Walvis Bay on October 19 and 20. I spoke on how journalists can make their articles on climate change accurate and engaging. The following is a summary of my presentation.
Namibia | Environmental Awareness Namibia: Region's Fight Against DesertificationAllAfrica.com | 25 Jun 2010AS a country highly dependent on agriculture and especially lifestock farming, it has become a matter of urgency to recover the productive capacity of our land. These remarks were made by the Governor of the Erongo Region, Samuel Nuuyoma, at Omatjete on Thursday. He said food security is threatened by desertification and biodiversity loss everywhere in the world. "We are concerned as such that information and knowledge on desertification becomes essential to be shared with all at all levels.
Namibia | Biodiversity | Food Security Namibia: Nuclear Power Still a Long Way OffAllAfrica.com | 15 Jun 2010Namibia still has a long way to go before it will be able to generate nuclear power, NamPower Managing Director Paulinus Shilamba has said. A nuclear power station was likely to be commissioned in 2025 or 2027, Nghimtina said on the sideline of the International Conference on Access to Civil...
Namibia | Nuclear Power Namibia: Organic Farming Body Sets Out GoalsAllAfrica.com | 10 Jun 2010The Namibia Organic Association (NOA) was launched at the just ended 2010 Tourism Expo last week. Organic farming is the form of agriculture that relies on crop rotation, green manure, compost, biological pest control, organically approved pesticide application and mechanical cultivation to maintain soil productivity and control pests, excluding or strictly limiting the use of synthetic fertilisers and synthetic pesticides or plant growth regulators.
Namibia | Economics and the Environment | Farming Practices | Health and Environment Namibia: Keetmans the Focus of Environs DayAllAfrica.com | 01 Jun 2010'Many Species, One Planet, Our Future', is the United Nations Environment Programme theme for this year's World Environment Day (WED), which will be celebrated this morning in the town and run until Friday. Keetmanshoop has been chosen due to the fact that the Karas Region is home to one of the biodiversity hotspots in Namibia, the Succulent Karoo Ecosystem (SKE), which is the only desert biome and the most diverse desert system in the world, according to Conservation International.
Namibia | Biodiversity | Encroachment on Ecosystems