To offset losses to farmers from wildlife the MEFT has paid over N$ 3 million dollars to conservancies from the Game Products Trust Fund since 2015. While the numbers are not verified, they do give an indication of the level of conflict that is occurring in many of the 86 conservancies. By far the largest number of incidents reported are attacks on livestock, averaging approximately 6,000 incidents per annum since 2015. leopard, lion).Įach year Namibia’s communal conservancies collect data on the number of incidents reported by community game guards. hippo, caracal, antelope), or in a few geographically scattered conservancies (e.g. The remaining conflict-causing species are either the most frequently reported in only one conservancy each (e.g. Crocodile conflict is restricted to the perennial rivers in the north black-backed jackal conflict is common in the south and central African wild dog conflict is most frequently reported in two conservancies in the east. Spotted hyaena, cheetah (north-west) and elephant (primarily northeast) conflict predominates in several conservancies. livestock killed or crops damaged), but the number of incidents reported. The species reported to cause the highest number of incidents in this period are shown – note that this is not the amount of damage caused (e.g. Conservancies west of Etosha National Park have generally reported more conflict incidents than those in other areas. The level and type of human-wildlife conflict experienced varies throughout Namibia. In order to address the impact of human-wildlife conflict, the Policy sets out several strategies which include research and monitoring integrated land use planning removal of problem causing animals appropriate technical solutions for mitigating human-wildlife conflict and application of revenues from problem causing animals to address and prevent the losses of affected persons. The national Policy allows for the management of 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.

While the policy makes clear that wildlife is just that – wild, and a part of the natural environment, the Government also recognises that living with wildlife carries a cost and that there is an urgent need to find practical approaches and solutions to reduce the impacts of human-wildlife conflict, particularly in areas with the most vulnerable communities in Namibia. Therefore, in order to provide national guidelines for human-wildlife conflict mitigation, the MET launched a Human Wildlife Conflict Policy in 2009, which was revised in 2018.

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