The Duke of Cambridge has met Namibia’s vice president as part of a trip to the country to promote wildlife conservation.
William met Nangolo Mbumba in Windhoek, Namibia’s capital, on Monday, and presented Mr Mbumba with an image of the Queen meeting the south-west African nation’s first president Sam Nujoma.
William, who is a patron of the Royal African Society (RAS), is using a seven-day visit to Namibia, Tanzania and Kenya to highlight issues around the illegal wildlife trade.
He also highlighted the “devastating human impact” of the trade, which claims the lives of “too many brave rangers” who are killed by poachers.
The trip comes ahead of the Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference, which will be held in London next month in an effort to encourage greater international co-operation to protect endangered species from the threat of extinction.
The conference will focus on tackling the illegal wildlife trade as an organised crime, building coalitions between countries and shutting down markets for illegal wildlife products.
