Climate change tests the wildlife conservation model in Namibia

 

(Posted 25th August 2025)

 

Courtesy of African Elephant News

 

Petro Kotzé, Resilience.Org (U.S), August 22, 2025 (originally published by Mongabay)
With a population of less than 3,000, Sesfontein is a small settlement located in the Northwestern Escarpment and Inselbergs of the Nama Karoo Biome. Tourists are drawn to the desert-like outpost for its enigmatic landscapes and a chance to glimpse some of the world’s last free-roaming, critically endangered black rhinos (Diceros bicornis), as well as Namibia’s famed desert-adapted lions (Panthera leo) and African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana).
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