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Read MoreTOSCO (Tourism Supporting Conservation Trust) is the leading organisation in promoting responsible travel in Namibia, by bringing tourism into harmony with nature.
Tourism is one of the fastest-growing industries worldwide and in Namibia. Much of its visitors seek to experience its wildlife and wide-open spaces. Traveling to natural areas can however be harmful and have an adverse effect on the environment.
With the support of our tourism members and partnering with established nature organisations, we work on projects that ensure the long-term conservation of the natural resources that tourism depends on, so that nature can continue to support tourism in return.
In all our work, community conservation plays a central role. Rural communities have led Namibia’s conservation success story, whereby nature thrived since they were empowered with the rights to manage and benefit from its natural resources. With the support from tourism, we support and implement projects that help increase the value of natural resources for local communities, so that they benefit from maintaining a healthy environment. Hence our motto: travel responsibly, the Namibian way!
Our vision is for travellers to enjoy Namibia’s extraordinary wild places, while nature thrives and communities prosper. TOSCO promotes responsible travel by linking tourism and conservation within three key themes:
By becoming a TOSCO member you join a growing movement of responsible tourism businesses that together want to ensure a sustainable future for travel in Namibia by bringing tourism and nature in harmony. With your support, TOSCO ensures tourism has a positive and measurable impact on the natural environment, so that travellers can continue experiencing Namibia’s incredible wild places, now and in the future.
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My immense love for the natural world made me want to devote my life to conservation from an early age. My MSc in Tourism, Society, and Environment in the Netherlands grew my passion for the role sustainable tourism can take in conservation. As an avid traveler, I understand why exploring the unknown can be so enriching for many of us and I hope future generations can still enjoy traveling. I am originally from the Netherlands, and arrived in Namibia in 2016. It appeared the ultimate country to learn what successful conservation is about.
I could not have found a better organisation than TOSCO to involve tourism in the conservation equation. I joined TOSCO in 2019, initially coordinating the Desert Lion Program, and then became manager in 2020. Apart from that, I am involved in the Wildlife Credits program on behalf of TOSCO, partnering with WWF Namibia and CCFN. Through TOSCO and working with rural communities and other conservation partners, I really got to understand what successful conservation is about. I am very excited to grow TOSCO further with the team, broadening the connection between tourism and conservation by getting more of the tourism industry to join our movement, and deepening this connection by making conservation an integral part of tourism and the travel experience. I believe TOSCO with its team and programs can make a real difference!
My immense love for the natural world made me want to devote my life to conservation from an early age. My MSc in Tourism, Society, and Environment in the Netherlands grew my passion for the role sustainable tourism can take in conservation. As an avid traveler, I understand why exploring the unknown can be so enriching for many of us and I hope future generations can still enjoy traveling. I am originally from the Netherlands, and arrived in Namibia in 2016. It appeared the ultimate country to learn what successful conservation is about.
I could not have found a better organisation than TOSCO to involve tourism in the conservation equation. I joined TOSCO in 2019, initially coordinating the Desert Lion Program, and then became manager in 2020. Apart from that, I am involved in the Wildlife Credits program on behalf of TOSCO, partnering with WWF Namibia and CCFN. Through TOSCO and working with rural communities and other conservation partners, I really got to understand what successful conservation is about.
I am very excited to grow TOSCO further with the team, broadening the connection between tourism and conservation by getting more of the tourism industry to join our movement, and deepening this connection by making conservation an integral part of tourism and the travel experience. I believe TOSCO with its team and programs can make a real difference!