Land use, wildlife, tourism & conservancies

VISION 2030

THE OVERRIDING MESSAGE THAT THIS REPORT CONVEYS IS :

by capitalising on Namibia’s comparative advantages and providing appropriate incentives to use our natural resources in the most efficient ways possible, we will be in a better position to create a safer, healthier and more prosperous future for all Namibians – to 2030 and beyond.

•Protected areas cover 114 000 Km 2 of land (15 % of total)

Namibia’s vastness as a USP

•335 000 Km 2 of land (41% of total) Communal Land •

Namibia 823,679 km²

•362 000 Km 2 of land (44 % of total) Commercial Land

State Parks Communal Conservancies Freehold Conservancies Hunting farms Private Reserves 13.7 m ha 10.5 m ha 4.3 m ha 3.5 m ha 0.5 m ha

Rights of Conservancies

A registered conservancy, on behalf of the community it represents, acquires new rights and responsibilities with regard to the consumptive and non-consumptive use and management of wildlife and natural resources:

Consumptive uses include:

use of game for trophy hunting, consumption, commercial sale for meat or capture for live sale

Non-consumptive uses include:

tourism ventures such as community-based tourism enterprises and joint venture agreements with private sector entrepreneurs

TOURISM IN NAMIBIA

1.Backround Context 2. Different Approaches 3. Community Based Tourism 4. Success 5. Barriers 6. Challenges 7. The Future of CBNRM / Conservancies

Overview of Tourism in Namibia

• Travel & Tourism economy contributed 16% to Namibia’s GDP in 2006: N$3.7 billion.

• Accounts for 18,840 jobs ( Fulltime & Part time) which is 18% of total employment in Namibia.

• Expected growth of the tourism sector will be 6.9% pa • Visitors in 2006 = 833 345

CBNRM Program Benefits 1994 - 2006 N$

32,000,000 28,000,000 24,000,000 20,000,000 16,000,000 12,000,000 8,000,000 4,000,000 0 1 99 4 1 99 5 1 99 6 1 99 7 1 99 8 1 99 9 2 00 0 2 00 1 2 00 2 2 00 3 Conservancy Non-Financial Benefits NR-based Household/Wage Income 2 00 4 2 00 5 2 00 6

CBNRM Program 2006 - Source of Benefits

Thatching Grass Premium Hunting Live Game Sale 0% 0% Own Use Game 9% Interest Earned 1% 3% Shoot and Sell 2% Veld products 0% Campsites/CBTEs 14% Game Meat Dist.

3% Crafts 2% Game Donation 3% Trophy Hunting 23% Joint Venture Tourism 40%

Craft Campsites

What is CBT?

Cultural Guides Tours Trophy hunting Info & bookings Lodges

Overview of CBT in Namibia

• Generated an income of N$26 834 772 in 2006 which is 0.725% of total tourism income.

• Accounted for 5 772 jobs ( Fulltime & Part time) which is 30,6% of total tourism employment in Namibia. • Growth over time: 1996 (N$568 850) to 2006 N$26 834 772) • Visitors in 2006 = appr. 110 000

Approaches - CBT Support

• NACOBTA founded in 1995 by local communities who wanted to develop tourism enterprises in communal areas.

• 32 Active Member Enterprises - Campsites, rest-camps, traditional villages, craft centres, information centres, museums and local tour guides • Range of business & advocacy support services provided to enterprises. • Broker Partnership deals between Private sector and communities – Joint Ventures • Integrate sustainable enterprises into mainstream tourism

Successes & Benefits

• 54 CBTEs are operating and generated N$ 3,748,481million in 2006 • Jobs ’00=498; ’03=3 173; ’04=3 267 ’05=5 526; ’06=5 772 • 13 Joint Venture Partnerships Generated N$ 10,794,688 million in 2006; • Trophy Hunting generated N$6,113,923 million in 2006 • Other CBNRM income N$ 6,177,680 million

Anabeb Conservancy – Khowarib Campsite

Anabeb Conservancy Registered: 2003 Area: 157,000ha Population: 2000 Livelihoods: Livestock, mainly goats.

Cash income:

Pays monthly rental, contributes to management costs, per passenger levy, marketing and quality control.

Successes & Benefits

• CBT Profile has been uplifted – some good products • Private Sector awareness of community tourism has been raised • Best approaches and processes in place • Products have been upgraded to meet market standards • Ongoing capacity building

Joint Venture Investments

• Namibia ’ s communal areas posses large river systems, diverse wildlife species, beautiful sceneries, best cultures, organised communities • JV ’ s makes the greatest contribution to CBNRM in communal areas • 2000- 0.4 million,2002- 7,6 million, 2005 / 2006 -9,8 million,

Torra Conservancy - Damaraland Camp

Wilderness Safaris Namibia Product = “low impact, high income photographic safaris” Damaraland Camp 16 Bed up market lodge 25 full time staff (x 2 managers) Represents 40% of Torra Conservancy income.

Outsourced laundry, firewood & security.

Torra Conservancy,Registered 1998 Area: 352.000ha,Population: 1200 Livelihood: Livestock, mainly goats.

Cash income: < US$300pa

Torra Conservancy - Damaraland Camp

100,000 80,000

US$

60,000 40,000 20,000 0 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Year

Conservancy Wages

BUT……..

‘In comparison with other tourism establishments on non-communal areas, the growth numbers were as follows in the past three years: 2004- 480 establishments, 2005-790 establishments, 2006-1004 establishments; all these are not on communal areas’

WHY……???

Legal & procedural issues • Perceived insecurity of land tenure( private sector / banks has no confidence in security of their investments) • Uncoordinated sectoral legislation Financial issues • Lack of access to capital • Lack of expertise • Uncertain collateral of leaseholds rights Empowerment Issues • Lack of financial instruments to promote black empowerment

TURN AROUND

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• Need to address the issue of Historical exclusion (skewing of ownership and control) • Address the lack of trust between Private Sector / Government • Address the absence of financial instruments designed to advance black empowerment in the tourism industry • Tourism should also be subsidised to ‘ advocate ’ for the establishment of affirmative financial products designed to expand black ownership in the industry

The Way Forward

We should create a good secure policy enviroment for investors ( especially for communal conservancies) that will provide security and confidence for private sector and banking institutions to increase the level of investment in this areas;

CONT’

• • a) b) c) d) One Ministry alone is not in a position to adress this issues and should coordinate by bringing MET, MLR, MAWF and MTI together.

Policies that could play an important role as part of this mechanism; Parks and Wildlife Management Bill Forest act Communal Landboard Act And other relevant acts that would assist in creating a better enviroment for investment climate in Namibia

Tourist information

• Uis • Aus

Cultural attractions and craft • Tsandi Homestead • King Nehale cultural centre

Hoada Campsite

Khowarib Campsite

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