Transnational project

Transnational knowledge transfer and partnership project. Linking African NGOs and institutions.

Southern Africa is particularly vulnerable to climate change. This also entails a number of risks for the achievement of global development goals, in particular for agriculture, water availability and quality, the livelihoods of the rural population, social development and poverty reduction. In addition, traditional, indigenous and generational knowledge and understanding of the importance and interconnectedness of the environment with human needs is increasingly being lost. This leads to various forms of environmental degradation, e.g. overexploitation of natural resources and the spread of unsustainable development patterns. Rural communities in particular are becoming less resilient to extreme weather events.

In order to counteract this development, the focus of this project is on the transnational and networked dissemination of environmental competence and agro-ecological concepts in the sense of permaculture.

Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique have already developed systems and programme interventions at the national level and taken steps towards a better informed and resilient public with regard to the relationship between climate, environment and lifestyles. Nevertheless, there are still major gaps and challenges, especially with regard to access to information for the rural population, the development of trans-national approaches to climate adaptation and environmental protection.

Objectives of the Project

The primary objective of this project is the formation of a transnational network of civil society and state actors who are creating awareness for climate adaptation, environmental protection and indigenous land use practices in Southern Africa.

This objective is supported by the three sub objectives

  1. At least nine civil society organisations and/or state institutions from the SADC region are networking on the topics of environmental protection and/or adaptation to climate change and position themselves jointly for the implementation of regional environmental protection and the dissemination of agro-ecological cultivation principles.
  2. 808 small scale farmers use agro-ecological cultivation methods and the environmental awareness of 102 trained pupils and 11 teachers in the target regions is increased through access to information and knowledge about environmental protection and climate change and is actively implemented in the schools.
  3. The integration of environmental education into Mozambique's national curriculum is anchored in a national policy for environmental education in schools until 31 July 2023.

  1. Agroecology and climate change

    An overview of four agroecological farming sites in South Africa

  2. Biodiversity

    An Introduction To Biodiversity

  3. Biodiversity on you school

    Biodiversity & me Explainer Video 5 min

  4. Challenges facing CBNRM

    What are the challenges facing CBNRM in Namibia

  5. Changing Climate, Changing Namibia

    An Introduction booklet to the Climate Change Exhibition

  6. Compliance in CBNRM

    What are the compliance issues a CBNRM should adhere to

  7. Envirocomedy comes to Windhoek

    Article on the Enviro Comedy and its achievement

  8. Free Ranger Year 1, Case 1

    Special First Issue: Who is Sharklion

  9. Free Ranger Year 1, Case 2

    Meet Mr. Nice-Nice: The Bad guy so nice, you’ll say it twice

  10. Free Ranger Year 1, Case 3

    What happened to Xodi!? The shocking answer

  11. Free Ranger Year 1, Case 4

    What is the Secret of the Dunes?

  12. Free Ranger Year 1, Case 5

    Sharklion: You can run but you can’t hide - The Free Rangers are coming for you

  13. Free Ranger Year 1, Case 6

    This is it! The wild ending of our adventures this year

  14. Indigenous Knowledge Systems

    Indigenous Knowledge Systems in three Communities In Namibia: Aawambo, Gciriku and OvaHimba

  15. Introduction to CBNRM

    A brief introduction to CBNRM in Namibia

  16. Natural History Museums

    Introduction to the importance of Natural History Museums

  17. Pillars of CBNRM

    What are pillars of CBNRM to implement a successful program

  18. Saving the environment one laugh at a time

    Enviro Comedy Article

  19. Smart lesson Agroecology in Practice

    Agroecology in Practice - Some practices to prepare your garden and set up compost

  20. Smart Lesson Biodiversity

    What is Biodiversity? Namibian interactive lesson

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Presently, the Transnational project have eight partner organisations from across Africa. The purpose of the project is to contribute to the creation of a regional, transnational awareness of climate change adaptation, environmental protection and indigenous land use practices network in Africa. The project envision that trained project participants in southern Africa effectively apply sustainable methods and knowledge for climate change adaptation and environmental protection in their specific context and disseminate their knowledge locally, nationally and internationally. The eight partner organisations are networking on the topics of environmental protection and/or adaptation to climate change, exchange knowledge, progress, challenges on a regional basis and offer each other assistance.  Small scale farmers, for example, apply their agroecology knowledge, have access to local seeds, small livestock, and irrigation, and diversify their agriculture. Lastly, the project also aims for Environmental awareness among trained pupils and teachers in rural areas to be increased by access to information and knowledge on environmental protection and climate change.

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