There are some world heritage sites that you can visit in under an hour and see everything there is to see. There are others who take days to explore properly. The Namib Desert is one of the later. Prior to a conference, I was attending inNamibia, I explored the desert for 5 days w...
The sites listed here are in the order that I visited them. In the case where a site I visited becomes a world heritage site after the fact, its place on the list is determined by when it was made a world heritage site, not when I visited. This is so I don’t have to constantly...
the most, which labels ecotourism as a sustainable tool to eradicate extreme poverty (Lindberg, 2001;UNWTO, 2018;Weaver, 2001a). For instance, local people generated multiple jobs (directly and indirectly related to the tourism sector) after successive Communal Conservancies were created in Namibia...
The ultimate goal is not only to come up with different digital engagement tools, but also to end up with a digital engagement and governance framework for heritage sites, which could work in the African context.Mosha, MarthaUniversity of NamibiaCantoni, Lorenzo...
Namibia Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes Namib Sand Sea 75% Nepal Kathmandu Valley Sagarmatha National Park Chitwan National Park Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha 69% Netherlands Schokland and Surroundings Dutch Water Defence Lines Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao ...
Namibia Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes Niger Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves W National Park of Niger Historic Centre of Agadez Nigeria Sukur Cultural Landscape Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove Réunion Pitons, Cirques and Remparts of Reunion Island Senegal Gorée Niokolo-Koba National Park Djoudj National...
Fleeting finds: Investigating intertidal discoveries in the Severn Estuary Intertidal archaeological sites are challenging to investigate, often being exposed for just a few hours at a time, but they can be rich repositories of organic finds and environmental evidence. Martin Bell, Thomas Walker, and...
sites. Finally, post-processing techniques and the evolution of computer and mobile GPUs and game engines have made possible the exploitation of digitization outcomes to further scientific study and historical preservation. This route was opened by the gaming industry. In terms of research, the ...
The Caprivi Integrated Fire Management Programme in Namibia is a positive example here: through collaboration, fire management policies have changed from a centralised fire suppression policy to community-managed fire areas where early season burns are used as a fire management tool by local ...
Swakopmund The lighthouse in Swakopmund, Namib.(more) Swakopmund, town, northwestern Namibia, on the Atlantic Ocean coast about 20 miles (32 km) north of the port of Walvis Bay and 175 miles (280 km) west of Windhoek, Namibia’s capital. During the summer (December–January) the ...