Community-Based Natural Resource Management in Namibia: A Case Study

Boudreaux, Karol

Community-Based Natural Resource Management in Namibia: A Case Study

This positive review of the conservancy program in Namibia ends with several policy recommendations: 1) clarify the process of resolving land use conflicts, 2) devolve additional rights (management of leaseholds within conservancies, 3) do more to ensure the institutional environment is supportive of entrepreneurship, and 4) support additional capacity building

Jon Anderson
IRG/Engility
2013-02-17
George Mason Unviversity
  • Country-based case study
★★★★
  • Africa - Southern
  • Africa
Namibia
  • Wildlife
  • Improved information and knowledge management systems - [Relevant]
  • Built capacity and invested in human resources - [Critical]
  • Promoted local land use planning and appropriate resource tenure systems - [Critical]
  • Promoted or developed economic strategies for natural resource management - [Critical]
  • Created a framework for better NRM choices - [Critical]
  • Strengthened markets and NRM market incentives - [Critical]
  • Natural resource authority and functions distribution - [Critical]
  • Economic/income generation - [Yes]
  • Governance/empowerment - [Yes]
  • Environmental/productivity - [Yes]
  • Governance/empowerment - [Yes]
  • Economic/income generation - [Yes]
  • Lessons learned (Success Story)
  • Governance - [External or structural policies that influenced success or failure]
  • Economic - [External or structural policies that influenced success or failure]
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