Sustainability in Southern Africa Conservation Partnerships (SACP)

Presentation outlineWWF Vision for SACPChallenges to CBNRM in Southern

AfricaOpportunities for CBNRM in

Southern AfricaSACP Framework and

Implementation StrategyMain SACP activities Conclusion

VisionNew and strengthened

partnerships for enhanced CBNRM programming and implementation in Southern Africa

Challenges to CBNRM in Southern AfricaNeed For Policy-Maker Paradigm Shift Towards

Wildlife and Tourism Lack of Awareness of CBNRM Impacts CBNRM Is Not Institutionalized In Tertiary Level

Education Institutions, and even most government conservation departments

Lack of CBO CapacityCBNRM Dynamism Requires Continual Growth

And Development Need For Improved Sharing and Dissemination of

Successful CBNRM Practices Regionally and With A Wider Set of Complementary Stakeholders

Address CBNRM Sustainability Barriers

OpportunitiesExistence of Regional CBNRM Forum and

various country ForaExistence of related regional partnerships,

e.g SASUSG, PhytoTrade Africa,Emerging and existing TFCAs, Shared river

basin foraSupportive policies and laws at country levelsSuccess stories and champions at country

levelsImplementing and supporting institutions

exist at country levelsEvolutionary nature of CBNRM

Strategic ObjectivesInnovative new partnerships to

secure sustainable conservation of community managed resources and biodiversity

Strengthened local and regional capacity to consolidate, accrue, share and apply lessons learned on CBNRM and biodiversity programming

Intermediate resultsStrengthened transnational network to

implement sustainable CBNRM using best practices

New partnerships and resources leveraged to support sustainable CBNRM

Active learning process to continually update CBNRM knowledge

Policy and institutional reforms to increase incentives and reduce barriers

National CBNRM Program

Various Southern African Countries with CBNRM projects and service providers

Develop NEW Cutting Edge CBNRM Tools

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NAMIBIA CBNRM BEST PRACTICES

Pilot-Test Exsisting & New CBNRM Tools

Regionally Share CBNRM Best Practices Through Existing and New CBNRM Networks

Transboundary Caprivi CBNRM Node

SW Zambia

NBotswana

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SE Angola

Sharing and Twinning CBNRM implemention at sub-regional level

WWF to work through existing and new partnerships, i.e. IRDNC (existing), WWF Zambia (new), etc

WWF to work through existing and new partnerships, i.e. WWF SARPO Regional Network Project (existing) CBNRM HED University Support Network (new), C-Change Project (new), etc

Sustainability in Southern Africa Conservation Partnerships Project

Service Providers

National CBNRM Program

National CBNRM Program

Regional Level Geographical Focus covers all SADC countries with a CBNRM programme

Sub-Regional Level Geographical Focus

Strengthened transnational networkSADC Regional CBNRM

networking◦Regional CBNRM capacity building

project◦Higher Education Development

Initiative◦Phytotrade Africa

Subregional CBNRM networking◦Caprivi CBNRM Node

National CBNRM networking◦Namibia Conservancy Association

network

New partnerships and resources

Model for innovative long-term CBNRM conservation finance

Transboundary relationships between conservation CBOs in Caprivi CBNRM Node

CBO/Private sector partnerships expanded

CBO leadership strengthened

Active learning processRegional CBNRM stocktaking

assessmentRegional assessment of CBNRM

impacts on gender equityCBO governance MOMSRegional CBNRM conferenceRegional knowledge

management mechanism

Policy and institutional reforms

Enabling CBNRM policy environmentCBNRM policy index tool to gauge

viability of CBNRM enabling environment

Angolan policy makers study tour to Namibia

Impacts study on preferential market access to livestock vs wildlife and tourism as land use options

Influencing CBNRM policy through pilot demonstration activities

ConclusionOpportunities for CBNRM in

Southern Africa provide fertile grounds for SACP to succeed on

Challenges being addressed through workplan and all other possible means

No shortage of partners/networks to draw on to implement common activities

Common goal for enhancing CBNRM in Southern Africa

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