NIMPA Management

Ambassador Berry’s visit to Halifax Island highlights the crucial efforts to protect endangered seabirds and exemplifies the support and collaboration between NAMCOB and the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources in the conservation and rehabilitation of African Penguins.

The EU Ambassador to Namibia HE Ana Beatriz visited NAMCOB in Lüderitz to discuss potential collaborations with the EU biodiversity programs. During the visit, the NAMCOB team shared the organistation’s seabird conservation efforts and discussed the NIMPA plus project, which focuses on enhancing the management of the Namibian Island’s Marine Protected Area (NIMPA). The ambassador also toured our seabird rehabilitation center located at the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources office in Lüderitz.

  Recent unpublished data from the 2024/2025 seabird census paints a sobering picture. The population trends of three key seabird species, African Penguin, Cape Gannet, and Bank Cormorant, have seen drastic reductions in their breeding pairs. These seabirds primarily inhabit and breed along Namibia’s southern coastline, within the NIMPA’s boundaries, and the threats responsible for…

  In partnership with the Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF), we officially launched the NIMPA Blue Table Discussions – a new and inclusive platform aimed at fostering ongoing dialogue on marine conservation and coastal livelihoods within the Namibian Islands’ Marine Protected Area (NIMPA). Held at the New Namibia Maritime Museum in Lüderitz, the launch event brought…

  On 11 November 2025, NAMCOB had the privilege of participating in a special engagement held as part of the German–Namibian Government Negotiations in Lüderitz, hosted by the Namibia Nature Foundation. The session highlighted Namibia’s growing leadership in marine and coastal conservation, with a strong focus on the NIMPA+ Project, funded by the Blue Action Fund.