Resources

Fri May 10 2019

In this episode of the MYD Earth Show, Kirsty chats to the CEO of the Namibian Chamber of Environment Dr. Chris Brown on his work with BushSkies and how aerial survey can assist the science community.

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Fri Apr 12 2019

In this episode of the MYD Earth Show, Kirsty chats to the CEO of the Namibian Chamber of Environment Dr. Chris Brown, who shares his views on the issue of timber in Namibia and the impacts it may cause for the country.

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Wed Oct 17 2018

In this episode of the MYD Earth Show, Kirsty speaks to Dr. Chris Brown about Pangolins.

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Mon Oct 15 2018

In this episode of the MYD Earth Show, Kirsty speaks to Dr. Chris Brown and B2Gold Namibia General Manager, Charles Loots, about how industry can play a critical role in environmental protection.

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Fri Jul 27 2018

In this episode of the MYD Earth Show, we hear from the CEO of the Namibian Chamber of Environment, Dr. Chris Brown, on the current state of plastic waste both locally and globally.

Dr. Brown shares here the impact of the way in which we use plastic and what affect this has on both our health and our environment.

Dr. Brown shares too about the new laws banning plastic bags in National Parks in Namibia.

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Plastic peril
Tue Apr 17 2018

In this episode of the MYD Earth Show, the CEO of the Namibian Chamber of Environment Dr. Chris Brown, shares with us now about the link between wildlife and a strong Namibian economy, a possible solution to Rhino poaching for Namibia as well as an exciting new citizen scientist project where you are being asked to help gather scientific data.

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The CEO on the Link Between Wildlife and a Strong Namibian Economy
Wed Mar 28 2018

This discussion is a review of the plan for plastics, and clean ups of Namibian cities.

In addition, Dr. Brown shares about our Lions and mitigation of human wildlife conflict, in light of the World Wildlife Day, this month under the theme Big Cats: Predators Under Threat.

We will find out :

  • What the Namibian plan is to clean up plastic waste
  • How you can be part of the solution in reducing plastic waste
  • Why this years theme for World Wildlife Day was Big Cats: Predators Under Threat and how this applies to Namibia
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Plastics in Namibia
Wed Jan 31 2018

In this episode of the MYD Earth Show, we speak to Dr. Louisa Richmond-Coggan the founding partner of ConservationFIT, about large carnivore research and conservation.

“Resources in conservation are limited and time is always limited and so we need to be as effective as possible in our strategy.”

Through a nationwide project, teams are collecting data to ensure good conservation decisions can be made that will allow carnivores to live and thrive alongside communities.

With Leopard, before 2016 it was categorised as near threatened and then because of a large…

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Carnivores: Data and Conservation
Fri Nov 03 2017

Technology is enabling improved monitoring of human-wildlife interaction here in Namibia, this is what a team from the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) joined us in the MYD Earth studio to share.

A team of passionate scientists joined us to share about how using technology, is enabling more accurate game counting and uncovering potential rangeland degradation, bush encroachment and more. Lead by Dr. Morgan Hauptfleisch the Senior Lecturer for Agriculture and Natural Resources Sciences along with Lorentha Haraes, who is from Namibia, based at NUST and also a…

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Eye in the Sky Game Counts
Thu Oct 19 2017

Pangolins have walked the earth for 80 million years, as insect eaters who provide an important role in our ecosystem. Yet today, Pangolins are believed to be the most trafficked mammals in the world. They are trafficked for their scales, which are made of keratin like our fingernails and rhino horns.

Pangolins are as a result fast facing extinction.

In this episode of the MYD Earth Show we hear from Maria Diekmann of the Rare and Endangered Species Trust and Dr. Chris Brown of the Namibia Chamber of Environment, about how you can help…

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Scaling Up to Save the Pangolin