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De-bushing Advisory Service Namibia

The De-bushing Advisory Service (DAS) is a national information platform and focal point for questions relating to bush control and value addition opportunities for bush encroachment.

Farmer's Tools

Find our developed tools which provide hands on practical guidance on the control of bush encroachment, through bush control.

Downloads

Find our published resources and other information material on bush enroachment. Find these studies and brochures here, as well as important policies and relevant external studies.

Our FAQ

Our FAQ consists of categories and is constantly being expanded. We’re always interested in receiving and answering your questions. Please use our contact form to send them to us.

Additional Information

We have a list of contact details for the following categories: Value Chain Contacts, Harvesting Equipment Suppliers, Debushing Service Providers, and Financing Products and Grants.

Decision Support System (DSS)

Online guidance tool to control Acacia mellifera.

Open DSS

Who We Are & What We Do

We address information needs of famers interested in bush control and biomass utilisation and connect operators of and investors in bush biomass operations.

Our Services

Recent News

Business delegation on the development of Biomass industrial park in Namibia

April 10, 2019DASLatest NewsBiomass power plant, Biomass Utilisation, Economic trade, Energy, Harvesting, Technology transfer, Value additionNo comments

The GIZ/MAWF Bush Control and Biomass Utilisation Project and collaboration with the Institute of Applied Material Flow Management (IfaS) organised a business delegation from the European biomass sector who visited Namibia in the past days. The aim of their tour in the central North of the country was to discover the tremendous economic potential springing…

Bush encroachment to be tackled under multi-disciplinary NUST project

April 4, 2019DASLatest NewsApplied research, Biomass Utilisation, bush encroachment, Bush thinning, Technology transferNo comments

On April 02, 2019 the Biomass Utilisation by Sustainable Harvest (BUSH) Project of Namibia University of Science and Technology was launched to tackle bush encroachment through three interventions; technology tranfer, applied research and capacity development for a period of 2.5 years from April 2019 until June 2021. The specific sub-projects include the optimising manual bush…

Validation workshop on the impact of bush harvesting on climate change mitigation and adaptation in Namibia

March 18, 2019DASLatest Newsbush encroachment, Bush Utilisation, Climate change, NamibiaNo comments

The impacts of climate change are largely felt in the Namibian agricultural sector. Drought is one of the most persistent effect of climate change across Namibia. Studies also reveal that climate change is one of the key drivers of bush encroachment. Erratic rainfall patterns, increased temperatures and increased CO2 are some of the implications leading…

Testimonials

We need many hungry stomachs to eat the bush
Mr. Joseph HailwaDirector of Forestry, MAWF

I am addicted to De-bushing
Dr Libertina AmathilaFormer Namibian Deputy Prime Minister