Gobabeb Research & Training Centre

Namibia Scientific Society events 18 + 19 November
November 11, 2015
Cheetah Conservation Fund
November 13, 2015
Namibia Scientific Society events 18 + 19 November
November 11, 2015
Cheetah Conservation Fund
November 13, 2015

The Gobabeb Research and Training Centre is an internationally recognized center for dry land training and research. It is located in Namibia in the Namib Desert, 120 km by road south-east of Walvis Bay.

Gobabeb was founded by the Southern African Museums Association with strong backing of Austrian entomologist Dr Charles Koch in 1962. Since 1998 Gobabeb has been a joint Venture between the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) and the Desert Research Foundation Namibia (DRFN). Gobabeb conducts research in a wide variety of fields ranging from archaeology and anthropology to climate and ecology in its broadest sense to geology, geomorphology and desert conservation and restoration.

Training

Each year, Gobabeb hosts over one thousand students from across Namibia and around the world to take part in learning in the Namib Desert. Programmes range from day trips where primary school learners learn about living sustainably in arid landscapes to our five month long Gobabeb Training and Research Internship Programme (GTRIP) which brings together university students to develop and implement their own full-scale research projects.

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Contact us

Gobabeb Research and Training Centre
P.O. Box 953, Walvis Bay
Tel: +264 64 694 199
Fax: +264 64 694 197
Email: gobabeb@gobabeb.org

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