Namibia

Africa · Southern Africa

6 projects · 6 organizations

Nyae Nyae Development Foundation

Ju/'hoansi San Fire Stewardship of the Nyae Nyae Conservancy

Land & Rights

Backed by the Nyae Nyae Development Foundation, the Ju/'hoansi San of Namibia's Kalahari run an early-season controlled-burning program that has turned a conservancy once devastated by wildfire into a model of community fire mapping.

8,992km²Nyae Nyae Conservancy area under community fire management

50%Share of the conservancy burned by uncontrolled fire before proactive management began

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Namibian Association of CBNRM Support Organisations (NACSO)

NACSO: Namibia's Communal Conservancy Movement

Land & Rights

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.

244kpeoplePeople benefiting from the conservancy programme

86conservanciesGazetted communal conservancies

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