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Imports of used fishing vessels are prohibited for safety and environmental reasons.

Import prohibitions are maintained for environmentally hazardous products, including toxic or radioactive waste, under MEAs to which Namibia is a signatory (e.g. Montreal Protocol, the Vienna Convention and the London Amendment; the International Atomic Energy Agency; the Basel Convention; the CITES; and the Cartagena Protocol on Bio-safety).

A new Industrial Property Act will provide for non-patentability of, among others, plants and animals (other than micro-organisms) and essentially biological processes for their production; and whole or part of natural living beings and biological materials.

Namibia is developing a sui generis system to protect new plant varieties, micro-organisms and non-biological and microbiological processes, as part of the National Bio-diversity Programme run by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism.

The Dry-Land Crop Production Project is concerned with optimizing soil management and increasing yields in Namibia through the provision of improved seed and fertilizers as well as tractor and weeding services.

Expansion of the fishing industry is restricted by the need to conserve stocks to ensure a sustainable industry.

The Total Allowable Catch system, which applies to seven species of fish, is seen as having allowed stocks to recover from severe depletion in the early nineties through sustainable management.

Namibia is a member of various regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) such as the South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO), the International Commission For the Conservation and Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), and the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) as well as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

Forest fires and uncontrolled cutting of trees (a common source of energy), lower and more erratic rainfall, conversion of forest land to other uses, and overgrazing by livestock, particularly in the communal farming areas, have contributed to the decline in forests and wooded land.

Namibia's minerals policy, launched in 2003, aims, inter alia, to attract investment in the sector, while ensuring the responsible development and sustainable utilization of mineral resources.