Sponsorship
Creating a comprehensive field guide takes significant time and resources, especially in Namibia where vast distances and remote locations add to the challenge. Since royalties from book sales won't cover production costs, fundraising is essential. It is estimated to cost around N$1,000,000 to complete this project.
Funds will be used for:
- Travel throughout the country to obtain photographs
- Accommodation during fieldwork and writing
- Necessary photographic, outdoor, and other equipment
- Permits from NCRST
- Other logistical and administrative costs
Sponsors will be acknowledged with their company logo printed on the inside and back cover of the book, with the option to include a short corporate message in the front matter. The most significant sponsors will be offered a dedicated foreword page.
If 70% of the necessary funds are secured through corporate sponsorships, a crowdfunding campaign will be opened to the public, giving everyone a chance to support the project.
Sponsorship of a suitable vehicle for fieldwork is also being sought.
If not successful in raising the amount needed to complete the project, sponsors will be reimbursed their full contribution. Should the project not be completed** sponsors will be offered the option of reimbursement of remaining funds proportional to their contribution, or to move those funds to a worthy conservation or biodiversity research cause.
More details are available in the Sponsorship Prospectus.
Please email the author, Ian Engelbrecht, ian@namibiascorpions.site to discuss potential sponsorship, or send a message through the contact form on this site.
**There is always a risk that factors beyond the authors control may result in the project not reaching completion. Every endeavor will be made to avoid such an outcome, but unfortunately it is not possible to provide a guarantee on completion on creative projects such as this.