The Kunene People's Park by Brian Jones

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Background• <strong>Kunene</strong> Region: north-west Namibia,semi-arid to true desert (Namib), “desert”elephant & black rhino, spectacularscenery, communal land• Three hunting/tourism concessionsestablished 1980s <strong>by</strong> local ethnicgovernment – Hobatere (size), Etendeka(size), Palmwag (size).
Background (2)• With Independence from SA 1990, concessionsfall under new central government – Ministry ofEnvironment and Tourism (MET).• Key point: concessions remain communal land• Under 1996 legislation local communities formconservancies – representative managementbodies with rights over wildlife & tourism, keepall income from trophy hunting & tourism.• 5 conservancies adjacent to concessions
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