Brown Hyena Research
Camera traps have been set up around Bogenfels and Van Reenen Bay to help monitor the brown hyena population. The camera trap set up at the northern end of the seal colony at Van Reenen Bay has worked very well obtaining good identification shots. No nose or hair photographs have yet been taken, but The [...]
Coastal Schools Lead the Way With International Beach Clean Up Day
This years International Beach Clean Up Day took place on the 25th September.
14 coastal schools showed their respect for their beautiful shoreline, and killing two birds with one stones, students helped the environment whilst learning the importance of keeping our shores clean. ‘Lets not tolerate beach littering’ was this years slogan and the learners have [...]
Welcome To Luderitz
Luderitz is continuously growing and changing aesthetically and this month is no different. The Ministry of Home Affairs is having accommodation built for border post workers, now that Luderitz has become a border post. These houses are going to be different from the usual Government regulation buildings as they are designed, by Bob Mould, in [...]
Renewable Energy Conferences
On the 29th and 30th of January the Wind Power Demonstration Project held conferences in order to raise awareness about renewable energy possibilities in Luderitz. The Conference on the 29th was held at 9.00am in the German Hostel and local schools participated in the event. Learners from Helene Van Rhijn and the Luderitz Christian School [...]
Local Coastodians Do Us Proud
We are proud to announce that two of our local schools won the two top prizes for the International Coastal Clean up Day and Art Competition. Luderitz Secondary school was one of them, along with Diaz Primary. The judging was completed in Windhoek by independent artists/teachers, and the grand prize of a trip to the [...]
Preserve And Conserve
Namibia launches coastal protection scheme.
Thusrday 2nd July was an important and exciting day in many a nature conservationists calendar as it marked the official opening of Namibia’s first ever Marine Protected area- an area measuring just under 1 million hectares along the countries southern coastline aimed at conserving and protecting the abundant nature resources [...]
Luderitz Wind Power Gets A Burst of Fresh Air
Lüderitz Wind Power (LWP) has just received news that its two 1k/W wind turbines will be replaced. The turbines, one of which is located at Lüderitz Secondary School and the other at the Regional Council buildings, both blew down in mid-October of last year during a period of particularly high wind speeds. Closer inspection of [...]
Diaz School Cleans Up Nicely
As well organised as a military organisation, groups of magenta-clad learners busily shoved rubbish into bin bags, calling directions to each other over the piles of collected litter and steadily swept the area for traces of trash. The reason? Diaz Primary School’s annual clean-up day!
Sponsored by the Swakopmund- based Ministerial organisation NACOMA (Namibian Coast [...]
Lüderitz Wind Farm Not Yet Under Construction
Over the past twenty years Global Warming has become a worldwide buzz word; millions of dollars have been poured into research, prevention and, perhaps most importantly, renewable energy sources. However, it is only recently that global warming has fallen into the spotlight in Southern Africa which is why The Buchter News is proud to announce [...]
THE LAST WORD
By Justin Braby
The Damara Tern Sterna balaenarum is arguably the smallest and most unique of the terns. It migrates to the coastlines of Namibia, Angola and South Africa during southern hemisphere summer to breed. It spends the winter in West African countries like Ghana and Nigeria. As only 2% of the world population of Damara [...]
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