Country

 

Namibia

Name of scheme

 

Event Book

Biome (terrestrial; freshwater; marine)

 

Mainly terrestrial areas but also some freshwater sites

What is monitored

 

Human resource use and wildlife

Who compiles data

 

Community members

Number of community members involved

 

200 (2003)

Spatial scale. Size of area monitored

 

7 million ha divided on 30 areas (many areas are located in large deserts)

Methods used

 

Methods include, e.g., patrol records

Year of initiation

 

2000

Funded by

 

Funded by World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF, Namibia) Living in a Finite Environment (LIFE) Programme through funding from the United States Agency for 2629 International Development (USAID)

 

Documents or publications available

 

Child et al 2001; Stuart-Hill et al. 2005 ; Danielsen et al. in press

 

 

Organizers and contact details

 

Greg Stuart Hill, Richard Diggle, Bevan Munali, Jo Tagg, David Ward

 

Natural Resource Working Group, Namibian Association of Conservancy Support organizations; World Wildlife Fund, LIFE Project, P.O. Box 9681, Windhoek, Namibia; Integrated Rural Development & Nature Conservation, P.O. Box 24050, Windhoek, Namibia; Ministry of Environment & Tourism, P. Bag Box 13306, Windhoek, Namibia; Namibian Nature Foundation, P.O. Box 245, Windhoek, Namibia. E-mail: gregshill@bigpond.com.au

 

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