Namibian Environmentalists Oppose Green Hydrogen Production in National Park

An umbrella body representing 77 environmental protection groups in Namibia is voicing opposition to proposed green hydrogen production in the Tsau Khaeb National Park by a German company because of the harm they say it poses to animals and plant life in that area.

Windhoek, Namibia —

"When Germany and to a certain extent other countries in the European Union are offsetting the costs of green hydrogen, offshoring it, and we are carrying the burden of those costs and we are carrying the long-term, permanently long-term cost of losing a national park with all its future developments, to provide relatively short-term cover for Germany's energy, that is a major problem," Brown told VOA at his offices in Windhoek.

Ambassador Ana Beatriz Martins heads the EU delegation to Namibia. She held a public lecture on green hydrogen at Namibia's University of Science and technology on Wednesday. "That's another legal aspect," he said."There is the Park Management Plan, which is a contract between the government and the people. Now, certain NGOs and communities ... have concessions in the park. The park plan is a contract - it's not a policy or whatever. They agreed something which government said that this is how it's gonna go.

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