Transcript Private – Community Partnerships in Namibia

Pan African Symposium on
Exchange of Best Practices And
Experiences On Natural Resources
Management
10TH -14 March 08
Niger – Niamey
By
Tsukhoe Maureen Garoes & Maxi Pia Louis
Land use,
wildlife, tourism
&
conservancies
Namibia’s vastness as a USP
•Protected areas cover
114 000 Km2 of land
(15 % of total)
•335 000 Km2 of land
(41% of total)
Communal Land
•Namibia 823,679 km²
•362 000 Km2 of
land (44 % of total)
Commercial Land
State Parks
13.7 m ha
Communal
Conservancies
10.5 m ha
Freehold
Conservancies
4.3 m ha
Hunting farms
3.5 m ha
Private Reserves
0.5 m ha
VISION 2030
THE OVERRIDING
MESSAGE THAT THIS
REPORT CONVEYS IS :
by capitalising on Namibia’s comparative advantages
and providing appropriate incentives to use our natural
resources in the most efficient ways possible, we will be
in a better position to create a safer, healthier and more
prosperous future for all Namibians – to 2030 and
beyond.
Partners and Linkages
MET /
CSD
NACSO
ICEMA /
FFEM
Legal Basis of Conservancies
Government gazette
Of the
Republic of Namibia
N$1.20
Windhoek - 17 June 1996
No. 1333
contents
Government Notice
No. 151Promulgation of Nature Conservation Amendment Act, 1996 (Act 5
0f 1996), of the Parliament ……………………………………………….
Page
1
Rights granted:
* Rights of Ownership over huntable game
* Rights to revenues from the Sale of Game or Game
Products
* Rights to Tourism.
Rights of
Conservancies
A registered conservancy, on behalf of the community, represents,
acquires new rights and responsibilities with regard to the
consumptive and non-consumptive use and management of wildlife and
natural resources:
Consumptive uses include: use of game for trophy hunting, consumption,
commercial sale for meat or capture for live sale
Non-consumptive uses include: tourism ventures such as
community-based tourism enterprises and joint venture
agreements with private sector entrepreneurs
Conservancy Requirements
• Boundaries
• Membership
• Management
committee
• Constitution
2. Conservancy overview
Conservancy Overview
• 50 conservancies are
gazetted to date
• Conservancies
managers 118,704
km2, which covers
about 14.4% of
Namibia total land
mass or 39,8% of the
communal Namibia
• 220,000 rural people
are participating
CBNRM Program Benefits 1994 - 2006
32,000,000
28,000,000
Conservancy Non-Financial Benefits
NR-based Household/Wage Income
ConservancyYear
/ Enterprise Committee Income
20
06
20
05
20
04
20
03
20
02
20
01
20
00
19
99
19
98
19
97
19
96
19
95
8,000,000
4,000,000
0
19
94
N$
24,000,000
20,000,000
16,000,000
12,000,000
CBNRM Program 2006 - Source of Benefits
Thatching Grass
9%
Interest Earned
Own Use Game
1%
3%
Premium HuntingLive Game Sale
0%
0%
Shoot and Sell
2% Veld products
0%
Campsites/CBTEs
14%
Game Meat Dist.
3%
Crafts
2%
Game Donation
3%
Joint Venture Tourism
40%
Trophy Hunting
23%
Namibian CBNRM Strategies
Conservancy Support
Activities
• Natural Resource Management
• Institutional Development and
Capacity building
• Business and Enterprise
Development
Development of Conservancy NR Management
& Monitoring Systems
Game use & reintroduction
Monitoring
Land use
planning
Diversify
beyond
wildlife
Social, institutional and
Governance
• Mobilization of diverse
communities
• Capacity built
• Advocacy
Institutional Development and
Capacity Building
Getting
registered:
Managing
conservancy assets:
•Boundaries
•Membership
•Committee
•Constitution
•Management
and monitoring
•Wildlife
•Natural Resources
•Tourism
•Finances
•Staff & assets
•Communication
•Legal
•HIV & AIDS
SAVE OUR PEOPLE!
SAVE OUR RESOURCES!
SAVE OUR NATION!
Tourism
Developments&
Marketing
Campsites, crafts,
guiding
Joint
Venture
Lodges
Overview of Tourism in
Namibia
• Travel & Tourism economy contributed 16%
to Namibia’s GDP in 2006: N$3.7 billion.
• Accounts for 18,840 jobs ( Fulltime & Parttime) which is 18% of total employment in
Namibia.
• Expected growth of the tourism sector will be
6.9% pa
• Visitors in 2006 = 833 345
What is CBT?
Campsites
Cultural
Craft
Guides
Tours
Lodges
Trophy
hunting
Info &
bookings
Tourist information
• Uis
• Aus
Cultural attractions and craft
• Tsandi Homestead
• King Nehale cultural centre
5. Key Challenges
Challenges for The Conservancy Program
• Sectoral CBNRM Policies
• Finding Common Ground to Bridge Cultural
Diversities
• Low Literacy Levels in Communal Areas
• Taking lead of the Local Governance
• Poor Understanding of Business and Joint venture
Management
• Overstretched Capacity to the programme
• Agricultural Subsidies
• Continued Improvement of Conservation Policies
• Human Wildlife Conflicts
Conclusions
CBNRM and conservancies are an ideal mechanism to promote rural development
because they:
• devolve rights and responsibilities to the local communities
• bring new and potentially large sources of income to poor rural people
• are excellent entry points for all forms of rural development because of the
institutional mechanisms already in place
• are excellent entry points for integrated land and natural resource
management initiatives
• promote good governance and democracy at local levels
• offer entry points for capacity-building, empowerment and skills transfer
• deliver real OUTCOMES to local and national development objectives.
WE
THANK YOU!