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Community Conservation Fund of Namibia

a sustainable funding mechanism for community-based natural resource management in Namibia

Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) is making significant contributions to Namibia’s social, environmental and economic development:

Muduva Nyangana Conservancy staff

Addressing social inequities and disparities

Conservancies are helping to address social inequities and disparities by empowering communities with a voice in their development destinies.

Grootberg Lodge staff

Creating jobs and career pathways in remote rural areas

Conservancies are creating new jobs and career pathways and are directly contributing to social development in remote rural areas.

Elephants at Sesfontein

Incentivising communities to live with wildlife

Conservancies have created incentives for communities to live with wildlife and to set aside vast tracts of wildlife habitat.

Nature-based tourism

Contributing to the economy of Namibia

Communal conservancies contributed approximately N$844 million to the economy of Namibia in 2018 and this is expected to almost triple by 2028.