Our History
EIF Through the Years
1992
His Excellency Dr. Sam Nujoma presented the Namibian Green Plan to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) at the Rio World Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The environmental degradation of these communal areas and the inland and coastal areas from close to 100 years of diamond and precious metal extraction that prompted the President to commission the preparation of the Namibian Green Plan
1995
The government’s National Development Plan 1 (NDP1), approved by Cabinet in 1995 covered the period between 1996 and 2000; and made provisions for the development of an Environmental Investment Fund as a task.
The Directorate of Environmental Affairs (DEA) of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET), identified as the implementing agency set about to develop an entity independent of government but which would fit into the government’s development policies and programs.
1996
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2000
This new and innovative fund was to become a tool for national economic development while securing resources to protect Namibia's fragile environment.
It would complement but not substitute for government in the protection of the environment.
2012
After a consultative process which laid the foundations for the level of autonomy, operations and initial capitalization of the EIF, the institution was officially launched
The Board of Directors of the Fund appointed Mr. Benedict Libanda as the institution’s first Chief Executive Officer.
2000
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