230704001657 - Environmental Clearance Certificate renewal for the Operation and Maintenance of Sesriem Camp, Hardap Region.

Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) is a state-owned enterprise, mandated to run the tourism facilities within the protected areas of Namibia. NWR has several operations across the country which are owned and managed by NWR. An Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) was granted on 7 November 2018 to NWR for the operation and maintenance of the NWR Resorts located in the Naukluft National Park namely Sossus Dune Lodge and Sesriem Camp. In accordance with the Environmental Management Act No 7 of 2007 and the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations of 2012 the ECC is only valid for three years and as such the ECC has expired. As part of the application for the renewal of the expired ECC, an Environmental Management Plan (EMP) Compliance Audit has been conducted and subsequently the EMP for the project has been reviewed and updated. For ease of management, it has been decided that the previous EMP be separated into two (2) individual EMPs so that each of the mentioned resorts have a resort specific EMP to implement as part of the renewed ECC. This application serves as the ECC renewal application for the Sesriem Camp in Naukluft National Park.