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• It is necessary to ensure that revenue generated by tourism is
distributed equitably. For example, contracts with private sector
partners should stipulate that a percentage of revenue accrue to local
communities and a percentage to the protected area itself. There is
need also for a mechanism to allow protected area revenue to benefit
both the NCWCD and the protected area, rather than becoming
incorporated within central government budgets. This is timely as the
NCWCD has been directed to consider ways in which to generate a
proportion of its own funding, possibly through privatisation of
selected projects (Arab News March 1997; July 1999), and an
NCWCD Wildlife Fund has been created to manage funds separately
from the Ministry of Finance (Abdullah 1998).
Topic 10: Partnerships
Questions to be addressed:
• What type of partnerships are required, i.e. which tasks and
responsibilities should remain with the NCWCD, and which are more
appropriately undertaken by partner groups?
• What arrangements should be made with the private sector?
• What arrangements should be made with other government agencies?
• What arrangements should be made with other partners?
• What will NCWCD be responsible for
• How will NCWCD maintain ultimate control over acceptable levels
of development and public access, and how will NCWCD regulate
the activities of its partners in this regard?
NCWCD departments concerned:
• Planning and Protected Areas
Other Government departments:
• Ministry of Commerce
• Provincial Government
Other linkages:
• Chambers of Commerce
Suggested structures:
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