The Namibia Biomass Industry Group through its De-bushing Advisory Service division launched the Bush Feed Formulation Application and the Biomass Quantification Tool with the support from the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Bush Control and Biomass Utilisation Project. The tools aim to promote best practice in the…
sustainable bush control and biomass utilisation
Decision Support System (DSS)
Online guidance tool to control Acacia mellifera.
Recent News
“A prickly solution, biomass production in Namibia”
Bush encroachment presents severe challenges in Namibia. In modern times, farmers have tapped into its biomass resource by translating the challenge into an opportunity. A story in the GIZ Akzente magazine takes you on a journey to the east of Otjozondjupa region in Namibia on bush-based animal feed production. Read it on page 10 of the first…
Pilot on FSC Certified Charcoal Production in Communal Areas kicks off
Launched on 17 March 2021, the “Commercialisation of Bush Biomass in Communal Areas through FSC certification” pilot project supports community forests to test suitable methods for harvesting and processing bush biomass in communal areas through sustainable charcoal production. The initiative is implemented by the Directorate of Forestry and the GIZ Bush Control and Biomass Utilisation Project in partnership with the De-bushing Advisory Service, a division of Namibia Biomass…
Testimonials
We need many hungry stomachs to eat the bush
Mr. Joseph Hailwa
Director of Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry (MAWF)
I am addicted to De-bushing
Dr Libertina Amathila
Former Namibian Deputy Prime Minister
Namibians are definitely realising the biomass opportunity
Colin Lindeque
General Manager, Namibia Biomass Industry Group (N-BiG)
Communal farmers can now rehabilitate their rangeland through bush utilisation
Jackson Hindjou
Communal Farmer /CLDP mentor
Animal feed trainings relieve farmers from feeling hopeless during the drought
David Kaunotje, Commercial Farmer/CLDP mentor
