“Namibian farmers will benefit from more training and information on how to control encroacher bush on their farms and make use of the biomass”. This was the opening statement by the Namibia National Farmers Union Executive Director (NNFU) Mr Mushokabanji Mwilima recently during the Memorandum of Understand (MoU) signatory event with the De-bushing Advisory Service…
Sustainable bush biomass use strengthened
The donation was made by the German Government, through the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and forms part of a wider cooperation between the two governments on the promotion of bush control and sustainable biomass use in Namibia. In close collaboration, MAWF and GIZ have implemented the Bush Control and Biomass Utilisation (BCBU) Project…
Training for newly approved National Forest Stewardship Standard
FSC Southern Africa will host four calibration workshops for Forest Management Certificate Holders and CB (certification bodies) auditors in 2020. This will be based on the newly approved National Forest Stewardship Standard. Spaces are limited at each session to 20 participants, with preference provided to existing certificate holders and CB auditors. Certification Bodies may provide…
Agribank and GIZ/MAWF BCBU Project signs new MoU to extend their cooperation in bush control and bush utilisation initiatives
Agribank and the GIZ/MAWF Bush Control and Biomass Utilisation Project signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to extend and strengthen their cooperation and to guide the successful implementation of their agreed activities and projects as well as to inform future strategic interventions. The MoU will be effective until September 2021 with an option for…