The origin of Gobabeb

Dr Eberhard von Koenen was instrumental in building Gobabeb when it was founded in 1962. Dr von Koenen sat down for an interview in 2005 to recount hs experiences. We updated it with English and German subtitles.

Pia and Wild Nature Miraculous Creatures of the Namib Desert

The Miraculous Creatures in the Namib Desert.
An episode of the German nature series Pia and Wild Nature.
Produced by Marcella Mueller, Text und Bild Medienproduktion GmbH & Co.KG.
http://www.textundbild.de

Biophysical Field Methods Online

A film about Gobabeb's hybrid online / field course, Biophysical Field Methods, taught by Profs Scott Turner (SUNY ESF) and Berry Pinshow (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev). This documentary by Tiffany Deater (SUNY Oswego) documents the experience of the 2016 class

Creatures of the Namib Desert

A 1978 documentary about the Namib and Gobabeb in its early days. Cameo appearances by Mary Seely and Leonard the Land Rover.

Namib. Surviving the Sand Sea

Namib: Surviving the Sand Sea is an independently produced natural history documentary about the adaptations of Namib Desert flora and fauna by Oliver Halsey. http://www.oliverhalsey.net/

Salvadora

Featuring previously undocumented insect behaviour, science mixes with art in this tribute to the under-appreciated world of plants and insects. Salvadora persica is a shrub that occurs within the Namib Desert; this film explains how it survives, and explores the ecological web of its unusual ecosystem, a linear oasis. Film by Oliver D Halsey. http://www.oliverhalsey.net/

Gobabeb

Gobabeb Research and Training Centre is an internationally recognised centre for dry land training and research. It is located in Namibia in the Namib Desert, 120 km by road south-east of Walvis Bay. Film by Oliver D Halsey. http://www.oliverhalsey.net/

Benefit-sharing in the Namib Sand Sea

A brief overview of the various projects undertaken by Gobabeb in cooperation with the Finnish Embassy's Fund for Local Co-operation to benefit the local community around the Namib Sand Sea World Heritage Site in Namibia. Film by Oliver D Halsey. http://www.oliverhalsey.net/

Summer Drylands Programme 20

SDP 20 consists of 12 participants, from the University of Namibia and the Namibia University of Science and Technology, studying different biological sciences. This is a great opportunity for young emerging scientists, as it provides them with a hands-on research experience to help determine how to sustainably manage conservation areas. Film by Oliver D Halsey. http://www.oliverhalsey.net/

Youth Environmental Summit (YES) 2018

The educational programme focused on familiarising learners from across Namibia with the scientific process through a week of intensive fieldwork that addresses specific environmental topics whilst always promoting the overall objective of establishing environmental leadership amongst young people.
This year, the YES was constructed around the 2018 Biodiversity Day theme: ‘Celebrating 25 Years of Action for Biodiversity' and was held in Damaraland at the Twyfelfontein UNESCO World Heritage Site....

Youth Environmental (YES) 2016

The educational programme focused on familiarising learners from across Namibia with the scientific process through a week of intensive fieldwork that addresses specific environmental topics whilst always promoting the overall objective of establishing environmental leadership amongst young people.
This year, the YES was constructed around the 2016 Biodiversity Day theme: ‘Sustaining people and their livelihoods'. Film by Oliver D Halsey. http://www.oliverhalsey.net/

Sustainable Water Systems in the Namib Desert

Gobabeb Research and Training Centre is situated in the Namib Desert, one of the driest places on Earth. Sustainable technologies are in place to supply the centre and its occupants with clean drinking water. Film by Oliver D Halsey. http://www.oliverhalsey.net/

All is change. A duet for piano and viol

A meditation on Heraclitus's famous dictum: No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river, and it is not the same man." This duet for piano and viol illustrates Heraclitus's dictum with streams and waterfalls in upstate New York, to a dry riverbed in Namibia experiencing the first flows in two years, to the endless rivers of air in the atmosphere that give us weather, to the eternal change of the sun's daily march through the sky.