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Nyae Nyae Development Foundation

HQ 🇳🇦 Namibia · 1 project tracked

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

Land & Rights

🇳🇦 Namibia

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