Namibia

An umbrella alliance supporting Namibia's communal conservancies, which grant rural and indigenous communities legal rights to govern and profit from their own land and wildlife.

86conservanciesGazetted communal conservancies

20%Share of Namibia's land area under conservancies

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Kelp Blue

Farming Offshore Kelp Forests to Draw Down Ocean Carbon

Climate

Kelp Blue is cultivating vast offshore giant-kelp forests off Namibia's coast to lock carbon away in the deep ocean while rebuilding marine biodiversity.

6,400hectaresLicensed offshore kelp cultivation area near Lüderitz

92employeesLocal jobs created (96% Namibian, 50% women)

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Cheetah Conservation Fund

Wildlife

Namibia-based nonprofit protecting the world's largest wild cheetah population through research, farmer outreach and guard dogs.

798dogsLivestock guarding dogs placed with farmers since 1994

90%Share of Namibia's cheetahs living outside protected reserves, on farmland

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