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| National policy on human-wildlife conflict management | |
| 2009 Full Book | |
Addressing human-wildlife conflict requires striking a balance between conservation priorities and the needs of people who live with wildlife. Most Namibians depend on the land for their subsistence. But the presence of many species or large mammals, combined with settlement patterns of people, leads to conflict between people and wildlife. It is therefore necessary that mechanisms are created for rural communities and farmers to manage and benefit from wildlife and other natural resources. The Nature Conservation Ordinance (Ordinance 4 of 1975) as amended by the Nature Conservation Amendment Act (Act 5 of 1996) provides a legislative basis for the control of problem causing animals, hunting and rights on the utilisation of wildlife. The policy of the Government of Namibia is to manage human-wildlife conflict in a way that recognises the rights and development needs of local communities, recognises the need to promote biodiversity conservation, promotes self-reliance and ensures that decision-making is quick, efficient and based on the best available information. In order to achieve this, Government will delegate decision-making to the lowest appropriate institutional levels, develop appropriate mitigation and monitoring methods and develop the capacity of all stakeholders to manage human-wildlife conflict. |
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