#COP15CBD lots going on, ground through some negotiations, heard some variable stuff and now in a small side room 514a am in a really great meeting on networks managers of #MPAs, inspiring to hear #livingoceans.

ReconAfrica, a start-up oil exploration company with interests in Namibia and Botswana, is fighting for survival as its auditors resign, a cash crunch looms and a New York court battle with disgruntled investors comes to a head. dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-1…

Some highlights from Minister Calle Schlettwein remarks at the INTERSECTORAL COORDINATION AND TECHNICAL EXCHANGE ON FOOD SECURITY AND AGRONOMIC SUPPORT INITIATIVES WORKSHOP: Thread 🧵

//Huab Conservancy, a black rhino custodian in Namibia is threatened by a mining project that did not follow due processes in its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). The community-run conservancy is taking Minister Shifeta to court. conservationnamibia.com/blog/huab-cons… #ConservationNamibia

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I return from IMPAC5 in Vancouver heartened by the determination of ocean activists to establish 30x30 in locations of most relevance to marine biodiversity. I remain deeply concerned re funding of MPAs & the underwhelming global response to the Global Biodiversity Framework.

The Communities from Kavango East have challenged #ReconAfrica in court and lost. Now the Namibian Justice System has asked the communities to pay 520 000NAD! This is an outrage and shows how unjust the system is and how ruthless polluters are. #SaveTheOkavangoDelta

A group of private game farmers, Help our Rhino Now Namibia (HoRN.nam), is offering a reward of N$100 000 for information leading to the arrest of poachers who shot a rhino at a farm near Windhoek. buff.ly/3Isp8vG

Great team effort with Albatross Task Force RSPB BirdLife Marine, Ministry of Fisheries & Marine Resources, Namibia Fisheries Observer Agency and the Namibian Fishing Industry.

A great opportunity to join a very exciting project with the growing marine programme @NNF_Namibia

#ReconAfrica tried everything to silence them. The Canadians spied on their communications, had police illegally detain them, refused them access to public meetings and tried to buy them off. None of it worked. Now they are going after the conservancies. Time to stop Recon's con.

🧵#StandWithKavango Today activists & outraged Kavango community members gathered outside the High Court in Windhoek to protest against crippling government legal fees in excess of NAD 520000 ($28800).

All they've done is try to protect their land and homes from drilling & exploration by #ReconAfrica. We appeal to have these fees waived. Communities should not be punished for protecting what is rightfully theirs from neo-colonialist oil & gas drillers & their government allies.

Post-doc Alert! Come join us at the University Cape Town within the FitzPatrick Ins to work on the movement ecology of raptors with myself and Megan Murgatroyd fitzpatrick.uct.ac.za/fitz/news/vaca… The closing date is 18th March Please Retweet🙏 #postdocjobs #Raptors #Conservation #movementecology

Great thread worth reading to fully understand why people who have spent the majority of their lives studying and protecting Wildlife believe a ban would be devastating for that wildlife and the eco systems around them.

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The @BlueActionFund team of @OceanKnigge @OceanWeigand OceanThayne really do rock. Thank you to DHPS for allowing us to borrow the bear, now all BAF need to do is find a Kudu or Orxy in Berlin 😉🌊

A great opportunity to meet the warm, friendly and truly inspiring Gladys K Zikusoka.

Eight (8) suspects arrested for crimes related to rhino poaching over the Easter weekend.

In case you missed it: Pangolin Conservation by Kelsey Prediger PCRF youtu.be/swzTj4c1BWs