Agricultural Science·Community-based natural resource management · NSSCO 6.1
Conservancies, legislation & wildlife councils
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Namibia is world-famous for letting communities look after their own wildlife. In this lesson we learn what a conservancy is, how CBNRM began after independence, why it matters to commercial and communal farmers, the law that gives communities rights over huntable game, the conditions and permits involved, and how conservancies differ from wildlife councils.
What you'll learn in this lesson
By the end you should be able to (NSSCO Agricultural Science 6.1):
- Explain what is meant by conservancies
- Discuss the history of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) in Namibia
- Discuss the importance of conservancies to commercial farmers and areas of communal land in Namibia
- Discuss the role of farmers in the conservation of wildlife resources
- Identify three registered conservancies in different regions of Namibia
- Explain the principle behind the laws relating to ownership of registered conservancies over huntable game animals and birds
- Discuss the government's conditions of acceptance for the establishment of conservancies for communal use
- Describe the requirements for communal farmers to apply for permits to use protected and specially protected game and forests
- Compare and contrast the functions of conservancies and wildlife councils in Namibia
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