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In follow up to the presentation given to the SD Advisory Council on the benefits and outlook for sustainability of the Community-Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) Programme, the SD Advisory Council members undertook a fact-finding mission to communal conservancies in the Erongo and Kunene Regions from the 9-12th October 2015. The mission was undertaken with the […]

Members of the Namibian Sustainable Development Advisory Council visited the equivalent German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) from the 1-5th June 2015 in a first ever exchange visit between the two Councils. The exchange followed a formal invitation from the German Council in 2014 and was facilitated and supported through the GIZ. The Namibian Sustainable Development

Namibia’s first ever Sustainable Development Awards took place on the 13th May at the Nampower Convention Center. The awards, a joint initiative of the Sustainable Development Advisory Council and the Environment Investment Fund of Namibia, were designed to honour outstanding efforts in promoting environmental sustainability and to recognise the achievements of close to 25 companies and

The Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF) and the Sustainable Development Advisory Council launched Namibia’s first ever Sustainable Development Award Programme. The programme launched on Tuesday intends to recognise the importance of integrating sustainability into the core business and industry as well the daily lives of all Namibians. The awards are intended to create awareness

The Sustainable Development Advisory Council is primarily tasked with promoting co-operation and co-ordination between organs of the state, non-governmental organisations, community based organisations, the private sector and donor agencies on environmental issues relating to sustainable development. Mr. Pohamba Shifeta, the Deputy Minister of Environment and Tourism, urged the new members of the Sustainable Development Advisory

In February 2012, the Government of Namibia gazetted the Regulation for the implementation of Environmental Management Act No. 07 of 2007. The Act aims to promote the sustainable management of the environment and the use of natural resources by establishing principles for decision making on matters affecting the environment; to establish the Sustainable Development Advisory