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Land use, wildlife, tourism & conservancies

Land use, wildlife, tourism & conservancies. VISION 2030. THE OVERRIDING MESSAGE THAT THIS REPORT CONVEYS IS :.

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Land use, wildlife, tourism & conservancies

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  1. Land use, wildlife, tourism & conservancies

  2. VISION 2030 THE OVERRIDING MESSAGE THAT THIS REPORT CONVEYS IS : by capitalising on Namibia’s comparative advantages and providing appropriate incentives to use our natural resources in the most efficient ways possible, we will be in a better position to create a safer, healthier and more prosperous future for all Namibians – to 2030 and beyond.

  3. WHAT ARE NAMIBIA’S COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES ? • VAST OPEN SPACES AND WILDERNESS AREAS • ABUNDANT AND DIVERSE BIODIVERSITY AND WILDLIFE POPULATIONS that are well adapted to Namibia’s harsh climatic and physical conditions, and have extremely high direct & indirect use value. • UNCONTAMINATED MEAT AND FISH PRODUCTS • Rich CULTURAL diversities and valuable TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE • Efficient SERVICE Industries

  4. Returns to different land-usesthe main input is getting the policy environment right Exotic species systems Higher financial returns from indigenous species management in lower rainfall areas Benefits Indigenous species systems Higher financial returns from exotic species management in areas of high rainfall & soil fertility Rainfall (land productivity) Policy failures drive down value of indigenous species Subsidies (e.g. in agriculture) drive up value of exotic species management

  5. Small scale cereal & livestock ± 5.5 million ha Cattle ± 31 million ha Intensive agriculture 0.04 million ha Small stock ± 27 million ha

  6. Land prices bordering National Parks

  7. Best returns on land - financial results: Karas region

  8. Agricultural production Indigenous biodiversity-based production

  9. National level Indigenous biodiversity production systems have overtaken agricultural production systems and exceed them by a factor of two

  10. Raises the following: Wildlife, tourism and other indigenous biodiversity production systems are now the most economically important forms of land use in Namibia Farming will never make people and countries rich - wildlife, tourism, etc have the demonstrated potential to create much more wealth, jobs, improve livelihoods, skills development, etc Does the MET as the lead agency have the vision, philosophy and right mindset to lead the huge future growth in this sector (sufficient understanding of economics and markets), or at least, not to hinder the growth potential?

  11. Of 28 major vegetation types, 16 are not adequately covered in protected areas . . . The vegetation of Namibia The epehemeral rivers also receive little protection from parks

  12. Biological Diversity

  13. Endemics

  14. Wetlands

  15. 44 communal conservancies

  16. Looks very nice but …… …. only 0.63% of the indigenous biodiversity production sector is earned by communal conservancies !!!!!!!! Why ? - management, access to markets, resource rights • Solution? • - improve management, • intensify production systems, • closer links and partnership with private sector • policy reform by MET – far greater devolution • - MET mindset change – to economics & markets

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