NAMIBIA
Some useful links:
GENERAL
...Namibia at a
glance
.....Namibia Express
...Latest NEWS,
Republic
of Namibia
...
Republic of Namibia - TENDERS
...Index on Africa
.....Namibia; Culture; Economy; News; Tourism
...UNDP in Namibia:
.....United Nations Development Programme)
.....Introduction; The Programme; UNDP Themes; Sectoral Intervention;
........(Development Planning, Aid Coordination and Management;
........Education; Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; Health;
........Housing, Social Conditions and Equity; Human Resources
........Development and Employment)
.....UNDP and Coordination
COMMUNICATIONS, WWW - World Wide Web
...A message from the
President
.....H.E. Sam NUJOMA, President of the Republic of Namibia
.....since its independence in 1990
...Useful
Addresses:
.....Ministries; Banks; Airlines; Hotels;
.....Namibian (Overseas) Trade
Representatives and Diplomatic Missions
...
...Namibia On Line
.....Cablevision
USAID Leland Initiative
.....Africa Global Information Infrastructure Project
........Namibia Country Page, including:
..........related USAID information
..........related ISP and Telecommunication Information
..........related Development Information
...IWWN - Internet World Wide
Namibia
.....general information
...IWWN - Namibia Pages
...Network Startup
Resource Center
...Embassy of the Republic
of Namibia, Washington, D.C., USA
EDUCATION
...Namibian Ministry of
Environment and Tourism Home Page
...EDUCATION Sites,
.....
compiled by IWWN - Internet World Wide Namibia
...The Rossing Foundation Annual Report - 1995
AGRICULTURE
...Introduction to
Namibia and Its Agricultural Sector
.....FAO Namibia Country
Report
...National Goals,
Policies, Programmes and Legislation
.....FAO Namibia Country
Report (on plant genetic resources)
FISHERIES
...NAMIBIA: Fish industry standards
needed now
.....Walvis Bay, November 20, 1995 (AIA/Tabby Moyo)
...NAMIBIA: Fishing quotas cut
.....Walvis Bay, June 23, 1995 (AIA/Tabby Moyo)
MINING
African Mining
.....journal
...Namibia - Mining
Industry
.....MBendi Information for Africa
...Namibian Diamond
Mining
Industry
.....MBendi Information for Africa
...Namdeb Diamond Corporation
(Pty) Ltd
.....NAMIBIA: Police get tough on diamond
smugglers
.....Windhoek, November 26, 1993 (Joshua Amupadhi/AIA)
Diamond Mining off Southern Africa, 1963/5
ENERGY
...Oil and Gas - Search
Holds Promise
.....four large basins have been identified off Namibia:
.....Orange [Kudu gas find], Luderitz, Walvis and Namibe
PORTS
...NAMIBIA: Assessing regional
role for Walvis Bay
.....Windhoek, March 20, 1995 (AIA/Protasius Ndauendapo)
...
NAMIBIA: Dispute over assets at Walvis Bay
.....Windhoek, March 2, 1994 (Johshua Amupadhi.AIA)
WATER
also see under:
Environment
ENVIRONMENT
The Namibian - GREEN BEAT
..........Namibia and the Environment
..........Articles about the Environment in Namibia's leading newspaper
...Water Fight
..........World Press Review, August, 1997
...Southern Africa's Oasis May Turn to Dust
..........The Christian Science Monitor, July 22, 1997
...Article by Frauke Jensen, Windhoek for
Reuter
..........dated July 1, 1997 concerning 1997 drought conditions
...
Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism Home Page
...NAMIBIA: Enviroteach aims at
grassroots environmental education
.....Windhoek, November 14, 1994 (AIA/Antony Sguazzin)
...
Southern Africa: Drought
.....Appeal No. 04/95 (to Southern Africa's National Red Cross
Societies):
.....Summary; Background; Country Analysis
.....(Namibia
on
pp.5-7); Budget Summary; Conclusion
...Namibia Climate
Charts
.....Monthly Temperature, Rainfall, Sunshine and Humidity for
Windhoek
.....by World Travel Guide
...
Namibian Passive Margin
.....Offshore depositional history based on NAMCOR seismic data
...Namibia-Coastal
Ecosystem
.....Coastal Ecosystem Assessment for Avian Species
.....International Affairs Office, Biological Resources Division, USGS
.....URI Coop.Park Studies Unit + Rossing Foundation
...Damming
Namibia
.....By Sarah Russell, Press Officer WWF International, Gland,
Switzerland
..."There Will Be No Dam Here."
.....Himba Chief Speaks Out Against Epupa Falls Dam
.....World Rivers Review, v.11, n.2, June 1996
"Tribe May Be Flooded by Progress"
Namibia's proposed dam would inundate Himba tribal land
by Ed O'Loughlin, The Christian Science Monitor,
November 12,
1997:
...part 1 -----
...part 2
TOURISM
...
Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism Home Page
...
Central Region of Namibia
.....Ministry of Environment and Tourism
...
GORP - Namibia Resource Listings
.....Namibia Features, Trips, Other Links
.....Great Outdoors Recreation Pages, Greer Consulting Services
...Elena Travel Agency
.....A very comprehensive and attractive website
...Namibia: A multimedia
travel guide
.....published by Horizon: Summary
.....server set up without public funding by Philippe Billen & Sylvie
Defretin
Altavista Namibia References
...Fly Africa
Adventures:
.....The
Namibia Experience
...The Skeleton
Coast of Namibia
.....Schoeman family safari
...Namibia Pages,
.....IWW-Namibia
The Oostdam's Namibia Tour, February, 1998
Initial references compiled by
Ben Oostdam, May 18, 1997;
updates and corrections on July 23,
1997; August 9, 1997; November 16, 1997;
reorganized January 17, 1999 (thanks to Carl-Friedrich Kreiner!); September 2, 2000; January 25, 2001
based on literature research as well as WWW search using:
ALTAVISTA and other search-engines
contact: boostdam@hotmail.com
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