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Namibian indigenous expert trackers helped archaeologists tack detailed engravings by Stone Age artists in ancient rock art.

In an extraordinary discovery in Namibia, ancient rock art has revealed intricate details about animal tracks thanks to the deep knowledge of indigenous trackers.

During the Later Stone Age in what is now Namibia, rock artists imbued so much detail into their engravings of human and animal prints that current-day Indigenous trackers could identify which animals’ prints they were depicting, as well as the animals’ general age and sex. Andreas Pastoors of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, and colleagues report these findings in a new study published September 13 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE.

Namibia: Ambassador Randy Berry Visits Tsumkwe

Namibia’s internationally acclaimed Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) Program, whereby the government ostensibly allows rural and Indigenous communities the opportunity to manage and profit from their own natural resources, has received significant Western backing. However, research indicates that within the two CBNRMs which are designated to Indigenous San communities (the Nyae-Nyae Conservancy to the Ju/hoansi […]

Leon Tsamkxao says government and the rest of the Namibian nation treat the San people with contempt. Tsamkxoa, whose father is the chief of the Ju/'hoansi San people and a...

From the dazzling emptiness of the Kalahari Desert to some of the world’s best stargazing, Namibia offers extraordinary encounters with nature.

Animal rights groups are targeting Namibia’s community-based conservation model because it derives part of its income from trophy hunting.

Annette Hübschle is a senior research fellow with the Global Risk Governance Programme at the University of Cape Town. Her research focuses on new harmscapes of the Anthropocene, resilience to climate change and trafficking flows. Originally from Namibia, Annette is a founding member of the NGO Frack Free Namibia. Sophie Rathmell  is currently pursuing a Master’s degree at the University of Cape Town in Environment Society & Sustainability. Her research has a concentration in environmental...