Namibia: International Union Steps in to Support San Conservancies

8 September 2020

The Nyae Nyae and N#a Jaqna conservancies have received an International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Save our Species grant, funded by the European Union. The grant focuses on 'Securing the livelihoods of Wildlife Rangers and for Indigenous San Conservancies in Namibia' over the next 12 months and will also pay the salaries of community rangers so that their critical wildlife patrols and monitoring the harvesting of organic Devils Claw can continue.

While the Covid-19 impact on the domestic economy is considerable, the overall effect on many poor rural communities, in particular communal conservancies in 2020, could be even greater and this is particularly true in the Nyae Nyae and N#a Jaqna conservancies where the San communities reside. These communities are almost completely dependent on tourism and trophy hunting for their income. The income generated benefits them in terms of jobs, wildlife management, livelihood projects and cash. There are very little prospects for generating income from these sources in 2020 and this may threaten the very fabric of the conservancies as people lose their only sources of income and possibly their jobs.

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