{"id":298609,"date":"2020-11-27T07:10:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T05:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=298609"},"modified":"2020-11-27T07:10:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T05:10:50","slug":"water-holes-should-eradicate-human-wildlife-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=298609","title":{"rendered":"Water holes should eradicate human-wildlife conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Staff Reporter<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism with support from GIZ Namibia, and the German government will be inaugurating water infrastructure erected for human-wildlife conflict management (HWCM) and to enhance livelihoods of communities n the Kunene Region.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The water infrastructure upgrade project which costs a total of N$7 million will be officially inaugurated by the minister of environment and tourism, Pohamba Shifeta, and Obeth Kandjoze, Director-General of the National Planning commission.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Even though it is impossible to completely eradicate human-wildlife conflict in Namibia, the ministry is implementing proactive strategies to manage the conflicts effectively and efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Water-holes-should-eradicate-human-wildlife-conflict.jpg\" alt=\"Water holes human-wildlife conflict Ministry Environment Forestry Tourism GIZ Namibia\" class=\"wp-image-298616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Water-holes-should-eradicate-human-wildlife-conflict.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Water-holes-should-eradicate-human-wildlife-conflict.jpg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Water-holes-should-eradicate-human-wildlife-conflict.jpg 274w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Water-holes-should-eradicate-human-wildlife-conflict.jpg 80w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Water-holes-should-eradicate-human-wildlife-conflict.jpg 130w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Water-holes-should-eradicate-human-wildlife-conflict.jpg 359w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Water-holes-should-eradicate-human-wildlife-conflict.jpg 85w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Water-holes-should-eradicate-human-wildlife-conflict.jpg 546w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Water-holes-should-eradicate-human-wildlife-conflict.jpg 165w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Water-holes-should-eradicate-human-wildlife-conflict.jpg 112w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Water-holes-should-eradicate-human-wildlife-conflict.jpg 179w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Water-holes-should-eradicate-human-wildlife-conflict.jpg 170w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Water-holes-should-eradicate-human-wildlife-conflict.jpg 81w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Water-holes-should-eradicate-human-wildlife-conflict.jpg 765w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Water-holes-should-eradicate-human-wildlife-conflict.jpg 450w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Water-holes-should-eradicate-human-wildlife-conflict.jpg 272w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Water-holes-should-eradicate-human-wildlife-conflict.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Picture for illustrative purposes only<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The growing wildlife populations in particular that of elephants have resulted in frequent human-wildlife conflict within the Kunene region, hence requiring urgent intervention.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The entire water infrastructure project consists of the rehabilitating and upgrading of 18 boreholes in total and entails rehabilitating and cleaning of boreholes to ensure maximum pumping efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The project will also provide construction of elephant protection walls to protect solar panel pumping systems. 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