Land & RightsNGO
NACSO: Namibia's Communal Conservancy Movement
by Namibian Association of CBNRM Support Organisations (NACSO) · HQ 🇳🇦 Namibia
0conservanciesGazetted communal conservanciesas of 2025-08-22 · may be outdated
0%Share of Namibia's land area under conservanciesas of 2025-08-22 · may be outdated
0peoplePeople benefiting from the conservancy programmeas of 2025-08-22 · may be outdated
Formed to support Namibia's post-independence communal conservancy legislation (first conservancies registered in 1998), NACSO coordinates technical and institutional support for the country's community-based natural resource management movement, under which residents hold collective rights over wildlife and tourism revenue on their communal land. As of recent reporting, 86 communal conservancies have been gazetted, covering roughly 20% of Namibia's land area and benefiting more than 244,000 residents.