ENVIRONMENT and Tourism Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has urged young Namibians to take environmental issues more seriously and to consider careers in this area.
She was speaking at the recent World Environment Day event at Oshakati.’We need environmental lawyers, specialists in waste management, the list is long,’ she told the gathering that was mainly attended by schoolchildren.The New York-based United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) says that a shortage of skilled people is hampering the implementation of environmental agreements in many developing countries.The Minister also invited schools to visit her Ministry’s Environmental Education Centre at Okaukuejo in the Etosha National Park, adding that there are special rates for school groups visiting Etosha.
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