Namibia’s entire coastline is set to be designated a national park

The Skeleton Coast is harsh, wild but starkly beautiful.

There was an interesting story in the news yesterday and I think a unique one as far as a conservation idea goes; for the first-time ever (as far as I know anyway) an entire coastline of a country is set to become a national park.

The country is Namibia and the area in question stretches from the Kunene River on the Angolan border, to the Orange River on the South African border. I’ve created a map below to try to show you some idea of the scale but I can assure you it is big – nearly a 1,000 miles long in fact!

The proposed new park will actually incorporate three existing one’s: the Skeleton Coast, the Namib-Naukluft and the Sperrgebie.

It won’t just cover Namibia either. In the south it will connect with South Africa’s Richetersveld National Park, while in the north it runs into Angola’s Iona National Park.

Having personally visited Namibia, including an area of the Skeleton Coast, it is great to see a country taking responsibility towards the long-term conservation of its natural habitat this seriously.

Map of Namibia.

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