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Benefits to local communities from community conservancies in Namibia: an assessment

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  • Sushenjit Bandyopadhyay
  • Michael Humavindu
  • Priya Shyamsundar
  • Limin Wang

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This article evaluates the benefits of community-based activities in wildlife conservancies in Namibia by asking three questions: Do community conservancies contribute to an increase in household welfare? Are such programmes pro-poor; that is, do they improve welfare more for poorer households than for the less poor? Does participation in conservancy increase household welfare more for participants than non-participants? This study bases the analyses on a 2002 survey covering seven conservancies and 1192 households. The results suggest that community conservancies have a positive impact on household welfare. The authors also conclude that this impact is poverty-neutral in some regions and pro-poor in others. Further, welfare benefits from conservancies appear to be fairly evenly distributed between participant and non-participant households.

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  • Sushenjit Bandyopadhyay & Michael Humavindu & Priya Shyamsundar & Limin Wang, 2009. "Benefits to local communities from community conservancies in Namibia: an assessment," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(5), pages 733-754.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:26:y:2009:i:5:p:733-754
    DOI: 10.1080/03768350903303324
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    1. Brianne Riehl & Hisham Zerriffi & Robin Naidoo, 2015. "Effects of Community-Based Natural Resource Management on Household Welfare in Namibia," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(5), pages 1-23, May.
    2. Steven Gronau & Dr Etti Maria Winter & Prof Ulrike Grote, 2016. "Modelling nature-based tourism’s impact on rural livelihoods and natural resources in Sikunga Conservancy, Namibia," EcoMod2016 9418, EcoMod.
    3. Meyer, Maximilian & Klingelhoeffer, Ekkehard & Naidoo, Robin & Wingate, Vladimir & Börner, Jan, 2021. "Tourism opportunities drive woodland and wildlife conservation outcomes of community-based conservation in Namibia's Zambezi region," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 180(C).

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