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 Minister:
Hon. N. Nandi-Ndaitwa
Deputy Minister:
Hon.
Leon Jooste
Permanent Secretary:
Dr. Kalumbi Shangula
Deputy Permanent
Secretary: Ms E. Akuenje
Address:
Private Bag 13346
Windhoek
Namibia
2nd Floor FGI House, Post Street Mall
Tel.:
+264-61-284 2111 | Fax.: +264-61-284 2216
The
Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) was established in 1990 and
is responsible for the safeguarding Namibia’s environmental resources.
MET has ever since began to implement far-reaching policy and
legislation reforms within the environmental sphere in an attempt to
alleviate many of the constraints that the environment place upon
people and vice versa. These reforms were also aimed at encouraging
the various innovative collaborative partnerships between key players
in the environmental field, such as various Ministries with
environmental interests within their areas of jurisdiction,
non-governmental organisations, community-based organisations and
donor agencies of various countries.
Mission Statement
The mission of the
Ministry of Environment and Tourism is to maintain and rehabilitate
essential ecological processes and life-supported life-support
systems, to conserve biological diversity and to ensure that the
utilization of natural resources is sustainable for the benefit of all
Namibians, both present and future, as well as the international
community, as provided for in the Constitution.
Mandate
To achieve the above
mission statement, the Ministry needs a clearly defined mandate, which
should be translated into a set of policies containing guiding
principles. These policies should in turn be implemented by means of
carefully constructed environmental plans. In May 1991 the necessary
mandate was given to the Ministry of Environment and Tourism when the
Namibian Cabinet decreed that this Ministry should have responsibility
of the Namibian Environment.
The mandate necessary for
this Ministry to assume the above mentioned responsibility and to
execute its tasks adequately include the following objectives:
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To conserve the natural
environment in Namibia;
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To protect biological
diversity and life support systems, in partnership with other
ministries, organizations and individuals;
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To expand, develop,
manage and control the country’s conservation areas;
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To manage and coordinate
natural resources and to encourage the development of appropriate
wildlife- and forestry- based industries;
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To foster the
sustainable use of all living resources, in partnership with other
ministries, organizations and individuals;
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To conserve wilderness,
and to protect the character and beauty of Namibia;
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To initiate and/or
participate in all land-use planning with regard to natural
resources and the preparation, implementation and management of
community-based conservation and development programmes;
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To initiate and/or
participate in the development of the natural resource-base and
methods of utilization so that people obtain the maximum sustainable
benefits;
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To apply appropriate
environmental, social and economic assessment procedures to
development proposals, plans and projects;
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To develop, coordinate
and promote tourism on a sustainable basis, both within proclaimed
conservation areas and in the country as a whole, in partnership
with other organizations;
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To control standards on
environmental pollution;
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To conduct and promote
environmental education, extension and awareness programmes, in
partnership with other ministries and organizations;
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To conduct and promote
research, monitoring and evaluations, and the coordination of
these activities, in support of the above objectives, as well as the
communication of results at local, national and international
levels;
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To develop, apply and
evaluate environmental policies, plans an legislation so as to allow
this Ministry to achieve the above objectives; and
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To create and
maintain an environment where every employee is able to reach his or
her maximum potential in a climate, favoring innovation and
excellence.
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