How the change works
- 01 / Public decision
Local management rights
- 02 / Physical change
Shared benefits and responsibilities
- 03 / Possible outcome
Conservation with coexistence
Conservation lasts more easily when those who live close to the fauna participate in decisions and receive benefits along with responsibilities.
Research and local documents ↓What the evidence tells us
Namibian conservancies are documented by local reports and studies on the economic benefits of biodiversity. Their value must be evaluated together with the distribution of revenues and conflicts with fauna.
Putting the choices into practice
Decisions
The challengeExcluded communities
The responseLocal participation
Costs
The challengeDamages to individuals
The responsePrevention and compensation
Results
The challengeTotal revenues only
The responseWildlife and how benefits are shared
The diagram compares choices and conditions for putting them into practice. Measured outcomes and their limits are discussed in the evidence.
Research and local documents ↓Conditions and limits
Tourism revenues and the number of established areas do not alone prove the recovery of each species. It also matters who bears crop damage and who actually participates in decisions.
Other possible benefits
Possibility of local income and management of conflicts with animals.
Research and local documents
- Local document and reported findingNaidoo et al., 2011 · Effect of biodiversity on economic benefits from communal lands ↗
Research on the case, mechanism, or measures discussed in the sheet.
- Local project or policy documentNACSO · State of Community Conservation 2011 ↗
Institutional documentation of the program, territory or rules mentioned.
