News: 2024

Prof. Linstädter discussed key challenges and solutions for global desertification on the German radio program "Deutschlandfunk Kultur".

As UNCCD COP16 convenes in Riyadh, this comprehensive Atlas is a call to action for leaders, policymakers and communities to rethink drought resilience.

The eleventh meeting of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is the first held in Africa.

ISOE MSc students Svea Muche & Marlen Britsch studied the social dimension of tipping points, as well as bush thinning as a rangeland restoration strategy.

Dr. Clara Nesongano (UNAM) engaged with communal farmers on sustainable rangeland management at the Okaṱupa Farmers Information Day.

Stefan Liehr and Markus Rauchecker presented preliminary results on social-ecological tipping points and development projects to combat desertification.

PhD students Vistorina Amputu and Lisa-Maricia Schwarz presented recent results on transferability of drone-based models and plant community shifts.

Namibian learners gained hands-on experience in scientific research by presenting their group projects at the Regional Science Fair in Otjozondjupa.

PhD student Nali Moyo has completed her 2-year data collection in the Okakarara communal farms and is now starting with the laboratory analyses.

Germany will host the next Desertification and Drought Day on 17 June 2024 - an event which aims at drawing public attention to the UNCCD.

Dr. Diego Menestrey's field research sheds light on how communal farmers in the Okakarara Constituency perceive and manage desertification tipping points.

Namibian President Nangolo Mbumba has declared a national state of emergency due to the worst drought the country has experienced in 100 years.

The UNAM team took two BSc students for data collection towards their final year research projects at a bush control site in communal areas of Namibia.

PhD student Vistorina Amputu led a study on the spatial and temporal transferability of drone-based models for predicting forage supply in dry rangelands.

NamTip scientists accompanied school learners during a research camp organized by Eduventures.

NamTip researchers visited the study sites and collected data as part of the main fieldwork campaign of NamTip's second phase.

The Kick-Off Meeting of namTip Phase 2 was held in Windhoek, Namibia, with the participation of local project partners and stakeholders

News from 2023 can be found here.