Community conservancies in Namibia: An effective institutional model for commons management?
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2004
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Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
Abstract
Common property resources (CPRs) remain of great significance for livelihoods among rural and poor communities of the world.
CPRs are particularly important because in many contexts they remain resources of last resort since they provide grazing, timber,
wood fuel, thatching, fruits and other products for domestic use and income generation. Access to collectively-managed resources
is important for poor rural households and yet many governments continue to pursue policies that undermine the livelihoods of
those most dependent on CPRs by privatising them or entrenching monopoly and state control over them. Community-based
natural resource management (CBNRM) policies have been developed and implemented in a number of southern African countries,
including Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, South Africa and Namibia. The experience of Namibia provides important lessons
for how to implement policies which provide tangible benefits for rural communities living on communal land.
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Natural resource management, Common property resources, Institutional model, Namibia, Community conservancies
Citation
Skyer, P. et al. (2004). Community conservancies in Namibia: An effective institutional model for commons management? Policy Brief 14, Bellville: Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape