Community-based natural resource management: The Event Book System Namibia
Snapshot Solution
The Event Book System is an example of sustainable Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) used in many communal conservancies throughout Namibia, which allows communities to contribute to decision making in natural resource management. The main contributing factors facilitating sustainable CBNRM programmes include community involvement, multi-level implementation, simplification and standardization of methods and motivation of local community members.
Last update: 29 Nov 2016
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Impacts
• Communities benefit from having wildlife on their land, and data collected belongs to the conservancy. There are now over 50 programmes in Namibia and it has also been implemented in Mozambique, Botswana, and Cambodia, as well as being cited as one of the world’s longest‐running payments for ecosystem services schemes (Naidoo et al., 2011).
• Involvement in the system empowers communities in their communication with donors, investors, and government officials (Stuart-Hill et al., 2006; Constantino et al., 2012).