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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT & DEVELOPMENT
卷 31, 期 4, 页码 375-394出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/10704965221121026
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Community-based conservation; CBNRM; Africa wildlife protection; Rural livelihoods
The wildlife conservancy model in Namibia has been successful in empowering rural communities to make decisions about wildlife use. Factors contributing to the success of conservancies include investment and revenues, strong governance and support from NGOs, as well as a comprehensive wildlife monitoring program.
The growing human population in Africa is putting increasing pressure on habitats and wildlife outside of protected areas. The wildlife conservancy model in Namibia empowers rural communities to decide on the use of wildlife. Namibia started to implement the conservancy model in the 1990s and provides relevant experience from which other countries can learn. We reviewed the conservancy model in northwest Namibia to identify lessons for other countries. Our core work included case studies on six conservancies. We confirmed success factors for conservancies include: investment and revenues, strong governance and support from NGOs, as has been identified in previous studies. We conclude that a comprehensive wildlife monitoring programme is also a critical success factor. The wildlife monitoring method in conservancies in Namibia has been consistent since 2001, and the results show that populations have recovered and stabilised, although there are ongoing risks to wildlife and habitats in this fragile landscape.
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