- Overview
- Achievements
- Contact
- Mr Teofilus Nghitila – Deputy Permanent Secretary of Environmental Affairs/Environmental Commissioner
- Ms Seimy Shidute – Deputy Permanent Secretary of Tourism, Planning and Administration
- Ms Louisa Mupetami – Deputy Permanent Secretary of Natural Resources, Parks and Regional Services
- Directorate of Tourism and Gaming (DTG)
- Directorate of Planning and Technical Services (DPTS)
- Directorate of Administration, Finance and Human Resources (DAFHR)
- Directorate of Regional Services and Park Management (DRSPM)
- Directorate of Scientific Services (DSS)
- Promoting biodiversity conservation and wildlife habitats in Namibia and across landscapes and ensuring sustainable utilisation of wildlife resources (DRSPM)
- Ensuring conservation and management of wildlife is maximally effected by applying sound scientific methodologies (DNRM)
- Ensuring that Namibia’s environment, biodiversity and ecological processes are conserved, managed and sustainably utilised (DEA)
- Ensuring the tourism and gaming industry is supported, regulated and contributes to socio-economic development in Namibia (DTG)
- Ensuring effective planning, execution of programmes and development of infrastructure that contribute to sustainable environmental management and tourism development in Namibia (DPTS)
- Strengthening and enabling environment and higher performance culture (DAFHR)
- Game Products Trust Fund: supporting programmes aimed at wildlife conservation and management and rural development
- Namibia Wildlife Resorts: managing and controlling wildlife resorts in Namibia’s protected areas
- Namibia Tourism Board: marketing Namibia internationally as a tourist destination, and regulating the tourism industry in Namibia
- Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia: directing investment into environmental protection and natural resource management activities and projects which support the sustainable economic development of Namibia
- UN Convention on Biological Diversity
- UN Convention to Combat Desertification
- UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
- Convention on the Illegal Trade of Endangered Species
- Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance
- Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
- Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
- 20 protected areas in place covering 17 per cent of the country
- New national parks such as Dorob, Sperrgebiet and Mangetti
- Entire coastline under national park status
- Two transfrontier conservation areas: KAZA and Ai-Ais/Richtersveld
- Improved management of almost all parks
- Assessments based on criteria including the drafting of regular work plans; research; resource management; staff training; education and awareness programmes; traditional authority involvement; economic benefits to communities; M&E; and law enforcement
- Major expansion of communal conservancies
- Generated over US$6 million for local communities in 2012
- Facilitated the creation of 6,477 jobs
- Registration of 99 enterprises on natural resources by 2013
- Species management plans are in place for a number of key species including elephant and white rhino
- Increasing numbers of threatened and high value species are being recorded including elephant and black rhino
- Regular monitoring of wildlife and birds and improved understanding of behaviour
- Largest populations of free roaming black rhino and cheetah in the world
- Over 10,000 heads of wildlife have been translocated to communal conservancies and their previous ranges
- Proclamation of the Environmental Management Act of 2007 as the legal basis for EIAs and SEAs
- Dedicated division in place to process EIAs and to monitor compliance with EMPs
- Coastal Management Policy launched in 2013
- Establishment of Sustainable Development Advisory Council in 2012
- Functional cross-sectoral committees in place for the implementation of the Rio Conventions in Namibia
- Environmental issues mainstreamed in Vision 2030 and National Development Plans
- Launch of national strategies to implement the UNFCC, CBD and UNCCD in 2014
- Tourism is the fastest growing economic sector and 3rd largest contributor to GDP
- It provides an estimated 81,000 jobs or 22 per cent of total employment
- Tourism sector contributed N$11.5 billion to GDP in 2010
- Number of tourist arrivals rose from just 220,000 in 1992 to over a million for the first time in 2011
- Namibia is a favoured destination for hosting international conferences, such as the World Adventure Tourism and Travel Summit and UNCCD COP 11 in 2013
- Tourism is recognised as an economic priority under NDP4, which has the goal for Namibia to become the most competitive tourism destination in sub-Saharan Africa by 2017
- Tourism Growth Strategy and Tourism Investment Promotion Strategy, both launched in 2014
- Approximately N$20 million per year collected in gambling revenue
- Lotteries Bill and the establishment of a National Lottery are in process
- Strategic planning frameworks are in place and aligned to Namibia’s National Development Planning frameworks
- Quarterly monitoring and evaluation of performance through the DPTS
- Continued increased investment in the construction and renovation of regional offices and MET staff housing, upgrading of infrastructure in protected areas, and construction and maintenance of water facilities for game
- Restructuring of MET as approved in 2011 by OPM
- Introduction of a decentralised procurement system for MET regional staff
- Dedication to capacity development of MET staff
- Introduction of a performance evaluation system
- MET HIV/AIDS policy
- Knowledge Management Strategy in place
- Employee Wellness Programme and Committee
The Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) is responsible for safeguarding Namibia’s environmental resources. MET has implemented far-reaching policy and legislation reforms within the environmental sphere.
The mission of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism is to promote biodiversity conservation in the Namibian environment through the sustainable utilisation of natural resources and tourism development for the maximum social and economic benefit of its citizens.
MET Top Management
Minister – Hon. Pohamba Shifeta
Deputy Minister – Hon. Tommy Nambahu
Permanent Secretary – Dr Malan Lindeque
Deputy Permanent Secretaries – Heads of Departments
Departments and Directorates
Department of Tourism, Planning and Administration
Department of Natural Resources, Parks and Regional Services
Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA)
MET strategic areas of operation and lead agencies
Parastatals and funds under the MET
International obligations
The MET serves as national focal point to the:
The MET is supported by the Global Environment Facility and a number of bilateral and civil society partners implement these Multilateral Environmental Agreements at the national level.
Management of biodiversity and wildlife habitats
Applying science to wildlife management
Environmental management and protection
Tourism and gaming
Effective planning, execution of programmes and development of infrastructure
Web: www.met.gov.na