the role of tourism in natural resource management in the okavango ...

3. Private Tourism
Sector
- Consumptive Tourism - promotion of safari hunting activities - safari hunting competes with
e.g. commercial hunting in the area subsistence hunting for wildlife
resources; commercial hunting
regarded as being detrimental to
wildlife by conservation groups
- Non-consumptive - promotion of photographic safaris - conflict between local populations
Tourism e.g. throughout the Delta and tourism sector over land use;
photographic tourism
competition for wildlife resources
between non-consumptive tourism and
hunting sectors
- Tourism - provision of accommodation to - competition for prime land areas
Accommodation Sector tourists between tourist sector and local
e.g. lodges around the communities; competition between
Okavango Delta commercial tourist facilities and
community-based tourism ventures;
conflict between tourist sector and
conservation groups over impacts of
tourism in the Okavango Delta
- provision of wildlife viewing - conflict between toursm sector and
opportunities and services to tourists conservation groups over impact of
tourism on wildlife
- Tourists - involved in tourist activities such as - conflict between tourists and local
game viewing etc. communities, who do not appreciate
the presence of tourists in their
villages/community areas; conflict
between local communities,
conservation groups, and tourism
sector over the impact the presence of
tourists is having on the Okavango
Delta, and its communities
4. Non-Governmental
Conservation
Organisations
- Okavango People's - promotion of the conservation of the - conflict with Ministry of Agriculture
Wildlife Trust (OPWT); Okavango Delta and its resources over erection of veterinary fences,
Conservation which block wildlife migratory
International (Cl); routesetc.; conflict with tourism sector
Kalahari Conservation over influx of tourists into the Delta
Society (KCS)
5. International
Community
- Namibia and Angola - use of Okavango River waters - conflict between governments over
proposed use of the Okavango's water
- International - Okavango Delta is a registered - conflict with government over issue
Conservation groups Ramsar site and regarded as an area of veterinary fences
such as Greenpeace etc. of global ecological importance
Source: Adapted from Mbaiwa, 1999, p. 111 - 114.
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