sustainability in southern africa conservation partnerships (sacp)
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Sustainability in Southern Africa Conservation Partnerships (SACP)
Presentation outlineWWF Vision for SACPChallenges to CBNRM in Southern
AfricaOpportunities for CBNRM in
Southern AfricaSACP Framework and
Implementation StrategyMain SACP activities Conclusion
VisionNew and strengthened
partnerships for enhanced CBNRM programming and implementation in Southern Africa
Challenges to CBNRM in Southern AfricaNeed For Policy-Maker Paradigm Shift Towards
Wildlife and Tourism Lack of Awareness of CBNRM Impacts CBNRM Is Not Institutionalized In Tertiary Level
Education Institutions, and even most government conservation departments
Lack of CBO CapacityCBNRM Dynamism Requires Continual Growth
And Development Need For Improved Sharing and Dissemination of
Successful CBNRM Practices Regionally and With A Wider Set of Complementary Stakeholders
Address CBNRM Sustainability Barriers
OpportunitiesExistence of Regional CBNRM Forum and
various country ForaExistence of related regional partnerships,
e.g SASUSG, PhytoTrade Africa,Emerging and existing TFCAs, Shared river
basin foraSupportive policies and laws at country levelsSuccess stories and champions at country
levelsImplementing and supporting institutions
exist at country levelsEvolutionary nature of CBNRM
Strategic ObjectivesInnovative new partnerships to
secure sustainable conservation of community managed resources and biodiversity
Strengthened local and regional capacity to consolidate, accrue, share and apply lessons learned on CBNRM and biodiversity programming
Intermediate resultsStrengthened transnational network to
implement sustainable CBNRM using best practices
New partnerships and resources leveraged to support sustainable CBNRM
Active learning process to continually update CBNRM knowledge
Policy and institutional reforms to increase incentives and reduce barriers
National CBNRM Program
Various Southern African Countries with CBNRM projects and service providers
Develop NEW Cutting Edge CBNRM Tools
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NAMIBIA CBNRM BEST PRACTICES
Pilot-Test Exsisting & New CBNRM Tools
Regionally Share CBNRM Best Practices Through Existing and New CBNRM Networks
Transboundary Caprivi CBNRM Node
SW Zambia
NBotswana
Caprivi
SE Angola
Sharing and Twinning CBNRM implemention at sub-regional level
WWF to work through existing and new partnerships, i.e. IRDNC (existing), WWF Zambia (new), etc
WWF to work through existing and new partnerships, i.e. WWF SARPO Regional Network Project (existing) CBNRM HED University Support Network (new), C-Change Project (new), etc
Sustainability in Southern Africa Conservation Partnerships Project
Service Providers
National CBNRM Program
National CBNRM Program
Regional Level Geographical Focus covers all SADC countries with a CBNRM programme
Sub-Regional Level Geographical Focus
Strengthened transnational networkSADC Regional CBNRM
networking◦Regional CBNRM capacity building
project◦Higher Education Development
Initiative◦Phytotrade Africa
Subregional CBNRM networking◦Caprivi CBNRM Node
National CBNRM networking◦Namibia Conservancy Association
network
New partnerships and resources
Model for innovative long-term CBNRM conservation finance
Transboundary relationships between conservation CBOs in Caprivi CBNRM Node
CBO/Private sector partnerships expanded
CBO leadership strengthened
Active learning processRegional CBNRM stocktaking
assessmentRegional assessment of CBNRM
impacts on gender equityCBO governance MOMSRegional CBNRM conferenceRegional knowledge
management mechanism
Policy and institutional reforms
Enabling CBNRM policy environmentCBNRM policy index tool to gauge
viability of CBNRM enabling environment
Angolan policy makers study tour to Namibia
Impacts study on preferential market access to livestock vs wildlife and tourism as land use options
Influencing CBNRM policy through pilot demonstration activities
ConclusionOpportunities for CBNRM in
Southern Africa provide fertile grounds for SACP to succeed on
Challenges being addressed through workplan and all other possible means
No shortage of partners/networks to draw on to implement common activities
Common goal for enhancing CBNRM in Southern Africa
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