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| Namibia's Approach to Community-based Natural Resource Management |
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This paper, written by Brian Jones in 1998, examines the development and implementation of a policy to promote the sustainable management of wildlife and wild habitats by rural communities occupying communal land in Namibia. The policy on community-based natural resource management resulted in legislation, which enables local communities to form wildlife and tourism management institutions called "conservancies". The paper examines the potential for conservancies to serve as institutional models for the management of other resources and argues that further policy development needs to focus on strengthening the links between conservancies and other proposed community-based natural resource management institutions. The paper also concludes that secure and exclusive group land tenure is another important area of policy focus crucial for the success of CBNRM in Namibia.
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| URL: http://www.cdr.dk/sscafrica/jones-na.htm |
| Languages: English |
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Added 12-Mar-2002 Last updated 12-Mar-2002 Last checked 24-Jun-2005 |
