Etosha proclaimed Game Reserve No. 2 by the German colonial administration
Ordinance 88 of 1907 proclaimed a vast game reserve reaching from the Etosha pan to the Skeleton Coast, on the order of 80,000–100,000 km2 depending on the source. The proclamation was an act of colonial administration over territory whose resident populations were not consulted, and it set the precedent that wildlife protection in the region begins with a line drawn by a government over other people's land.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Etosha National Park · protected_area · Namibia
- Fortress conservation · model · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
State of Protected Areas in Namibia, with Etosha proclamation history (Game Reserve No. 2, 1907) and the 1970 Odendaal reduction
Etosha was proclaimed as Game Reserve No. 2 by Ordinance 88 of 1907 covering roughly 80,000-100,000 km2, and was reduced to about 22,270 km2 in 1970 following the Odendaal Commission to release land for apartheid-era homelands; MEFT's state-of-the-parks reporting describes the current protected-area estate.
Namibia Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT) · 2020 · Partly verified
https://www.meft.gov.na/files/files/State%20of%20the%20Parks%20Report.pdf ; proclamation history corroborated at https://etoshanationalpark.com.na/park-information/etosha-history/
Recorded on Etosha National Park
- Etosha proclaimed Game Reserve No. 2 by the German colonial administration
- Kruger National Park constituted from the Sabi and Shingwedzi reserves
- Serengeti National Park established on land used by Maasai pastoralists
- Makuleke community forcibly removed from Pafuri into Kruger National Park
- Etosha cut to 22,270 km2 to create apartheid 'homelands'
- Namibia's Nature Conservation Amendment Act extends wildlife rights to communal-area residents
- Tanzania begins relocating residents from Ngorongoro and demarcating Loliondo
Related
Related because they share a subject in the Atlas — never because the text looks similar.
- Tanzania begins relocating residents from Ngorongoro and demarcating Loliondo · 2022-06-16
- Namibia's Nature Conservation Amendment Act extends wildlife rights to communal-area residents · 1996
- Etosha cut to 22,270 km2 to create apartheid 'homelands' · 1970
- Makuleke community forcibly removed from Pafuri into Kruger National Park · 1969
- Serengeti National Park established on land used by Maasai pastoralists · 1951
- Kruger National Park constituted from the Sabi and Shingwedzi reserves · 1926