News: 2025

The paper by Männer et al. (2025) shows how machine learning and field spectroscopy can help monitor forage quality and quantity across diverse climates, from temperate European meadows to Namibia’s dryland rangelands.

NamTip researchers shared insights through oral presentations, posters, and sessions' chairing, showcasing the project’s leadership in sustainable rangeland management across global drylands.

PhD student Faith Chambara from the University of Namibia successfully defends her doctoral research on innovative indicators for detecting desertification tipping points.

Dr. Diego A. Menestrey Schwieger examines effective strategies for preventing desertification tipping points in the semi-arid communal rangelands of eastern Namibia, focusing on three villages in the Okakarara constituency.

In two recent German radio interviews, Prof. Anja Linstädter compared the drivers of land degradation in Namibia and Germany, urging greater focus on prevention strategies as climate change increases desertification risks.

NamTip Principal Investigators joined fellow researchers in Frankfurt am Main to share critical insights on detecting and preventing social-ecological tipping points in vulnerable regions.

NamTip engaged students, researchers, policymakers, and local communities in hands-on learning and dialogue on sustainable rangeland management and desertification prevention in Namibia.

Four new NamTip factsheets offer practical insights into the importance of the soil seed bank, resilient forage production, and farmers' strategies to combat desertification.

The video offers a closer look at the project's experimental approaches used to study and restore degraded rangeland ecosystems in Namibia.

Lena Grieger led an interdisciplinary study combining remote sensing and social science data to understand the drivers of desertification and the freehold farmers’ coping strategies.

By building local scientific capacity and promoting practical solutions to land degradation, the NamTip Winter School supports the UNCCD’s global efforts to combat desertification.

Dr. Vistorina Amputu’s innovative research highlights how drone technology can revolutionize rangeland monitoring and support adaptive land management in Namibia’s semi-arid regions.

The latest NamTip factsheets offer practical, field-based insights and strategies to support sustainable rangeland management in Namibia’s communal areas.

Dr. Ndamonenghenda Hamunyela’s research, with a strong focus on soil seed banks and plant recruitment dynamics, offers practical insights into detecting early-warning signals of rangeland degradation.

A delegation from the University of Potsdam, including NamTip project leader Prof. Anja Linstädter, met with the Namibian Ambassador, H.E. Martin Andjaba.

The new factsheets cover the topics of historical factors contributing to desertification in communal areas, as well as the causes of bush encorachment.

The first factsheets introduce the NamTip project, examine drones' use in adaptive rangeland management, and present soil indicators of rangeland health.

Diego A. Menestrey Schwieger led a comparative analysis integrating methods from rangeland ecology and anthropology.

Following early rainfall, vegetation is emerging around the TipEx rainout shelters, while the ground beneath them remains bare.

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