{"id":86471,"date":"2025-04-21T17:36:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T17:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/environment-ministry-clarifies-on-drone-usage-in-etosha"},"modified":"2025-04-21T17:36:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T17:36:20","slug":"environment-ministry-clarifies-on-drone-usage-in-etosha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/environment-ministry-clarifies-on-drone-usage-in-etosha","title":{"rendered":"Environment Ministry clarifies on drone usage in Etosha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>THE Ministry of Environment and Tourism has clarified its stance on the usage of drones in the Etosha National Park after the ministry, at the end of last year, put an all-out ban on drones.<\/p>\n<p>Colgar Sikopo, Deputy Executive Director of Natural Resource Management, said that the control and prohibition on the use of drones in the Etosha National Park is a security matter, implemented in accordance with the security plan for the park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the past, the Ministry had allowed visitors to the park to enter with their drones, and only use them if they had permission from the park management authority. To the contrary, many visitors have been entering the park and using drones with no such permission. This situation created some security risks and a disturbance to other visitors to the park. For this reason, the Ministry decided that no person entering Etosha National Park will be allowed to enter with a drone. Should any person have a drone and wish to enter the park, such a drone will have to be left at the entry gate of the park and picked up from there upon exiting the park,\u201d Sikopo said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Namibia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. THE Ministry of Environment and Tourism has clarified its stance on the usage of drones in the Etosha National Park after the ministry, at the end of last year, put an all-out ban on drones. 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