IRDNC Reports

Click below to access the latest IRDNC technical reports.

• Kunene Report - July 2009 to June 2010 (doc, 128 kb)
• Caprivi Report - July 2009 to December 2009 (doc, 70 kb)
• Kunene Report - July 2009 to December 2009 (doc, 98 kb)
• Survey of Ximenia resources in Kunene conservancies. October 2009 (pdf, 6.5 Mb)
• Caprivi Report - July 2008 to June 2009 (doc, 124 kb)
• Kunene Report - July 2008 to June 2009 (doc, 173 kb)
• Ximenia survey in West Caprivi. February 2009 (pdf, 590 kb)
• Report on second commercial harvest of Commiphora wildii resin in Marienfluss, Sanitatas, Okondjombo, Puros and Orupembe conservancies. August 2009 (pdf, 3.4 Mb)
• Research report: Survey on Commiphora wildii and other Commiphora species at Marienfluss, Sanitatas, Okondjombo, Puros and Orupembe conservancies and Skeleton Coast Park. September 2008 (pdf 74 kb)
• Caprivi Report - July 2007 to June 2008 (doc, 154 kb)
• Kunene Report - July 2007 to June 2008 (doc, 169 kb)
• Caprivi Bi-annual Report - July to December 2007 (doc, 109 kb)
• Kunene Bi-annual Report - July to December 2007 (doc, 124 kb)
• Survey of Commiphora wildii and other Commiphora species in six conservancies in Kunene, Namibia. March 2007 (pdf, 4.3 Mb)
• Report on learning and development workshops, January 2007 (doc, 49 kb)
• Caprivi Report - July 2006 to June 2007 (doc, 134 kb)
• Kunene Report - July 2006 to June 2007 (doc, 122 kb)
• Survey of Omumbiri (Commiphora wildii) and other Commiphora in three conservancies in Kunene Region, North-western Namibia: Puros, Marienfluss and Okondjombo. December 2006 (pdf 4.2 Mb)
• Caprivi Bi-annual Report - July to December 2006 (doc, 109 kb)
• Kunene Bi-annual Report - July to December 2006 (doc, 96 kb)
• Beyond Wildlife: Holistic Community Based Natural Resource Management Pilot Project in Kunene Conservancies with focus on Epupa, Okongoro and Okangundumba, Report for the period July to December 2006 (pdf, 447 kb)
• Preliminary survey of Omumbiri (Commiphora wildii) and other Commiphora species in Sanitatas and Orupembe conservancies, Namibia. December 2005 (pdf, 4.8 Mb)
• Short report highlighting IRDNC's achievements during 2004 (pdf, 181 kb)

Popular articles

• Rural role models take charge. Article on the role of women in CBNRM, published in Conservation and the Environment in Namibia, 2008/9 (pdf, 1,272 kb)
• The IRDNC expands with two more training and meeting centres. Published in Conservation and the Environment in Namibia, 2008/9 (pdf, 927 kb)
• Article by Dr M. Jacobsohn on the shooting of a 'desert' lioness, published in The Namibian, September 2008 (doc, 27 kb)
• The Trophy Hunting of Elephants in the Kunene and Northern Erongo Regions. Article by G. Owen-Smith, published in The Namibian, September 2008 (doc, 44 kb)
• People, plants and perfume. Article on IRDNC's research into the use of Commiphora resin as a perfume by Himba women, published in Flamingo, September 2006 (pdf, 2,505 kb)
• Aromatic resins from Commiphora trees. Article on Commiphora surveys in Orupembe and Sanitatas conservancies, published in Roan News, Special Anniversary Edition 2006 (pdf, 2,967 kb)
• The smell of success? Article on Commiphora resources in Kunene conservancies, published in Conservation and the Environment in Namibia, 2006/7 (pdf, 1,767 kb)