Land use, wildlife, tourism

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Land use, wildlife, tourism conservancies
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VISION 2030
THE OVERRIDING MESSAGE THAT THIS REPORT CONVEYS
IS
by capitalising on Namibias 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.
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WHAT ARE NAMIBIAS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES ?

• VAST OPEN SPACES AND WILDERNESS AREAS

• ABUNDANT AND DIVERSE BIODIVERSITY AND
• WILDLIFE POPULATIONS that are well adapted
  to
• Namibias 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

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Returns to different land-usesthe main input is
getting the policy environment right
Policy failures drive down value of
indigenous species
Subsidies (e.g. in agriculture) drive up
value of exotic species management
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State Parks 13.7 m ha
Communal Conservancies 10.5 m ha
Freehold Conservancies 4.3 m ha
Hunting farms 3.5 m ha
Private Reserves 0.5 m ha
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Small scale cereal livestock 5.5 million ha
People 2.1 million
Goats 2.4 million
Sheep 2.4 million
Cattle 2.1 million
Wildlife 2.0 million
Cattle 31 million ha
State parks 4
Communal 8
Freehold 88
Intensive agriculture 0.04 million ha
Small stock 27 million ha
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Land prices bordering National Parks
Farming N200/ha
Wildlife/ tourism N600/ha
Farming N35/ha
Wildlife/ tourism N300/ha
Farming N40/ha
Wildlife/ tourism N150/ha
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Best returns on land - financial results Karas
region
Item Communal livestock Freehold livestock Tourism
Financial gross income per hectare (N) 4.71 15.00 165.00
Net cash income per hectare (N) 0.93 0.48 23.00
Livelihoods income (N) 1.08 3.27 19.00
Financial rate of return 5.5 9.8 12.9
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Agricultural production
Indigenous biodiversity-based production
Commodity Output value (million N) Output value (million N)
Commodity Commercial Communal
Cattle 637.1 5.8
Small stock (sheep goats) 285.1 5.8
Other livestock (pigs, dairy. karakul, hides skin) 258.2
Crops (cereals, grapes, etc) 188.7 154.5
Other agriculture 290.0
Construction for agriculture 59.0 59.0
TOTAL 1,878.4 1,878.4
Commodity Output value (million N)
Trophy hunting 316.0
Live game sales 14.3
Wildlife viewing 2,700.0
Fuel wood sales 63.0
Charcoal 75-100
Selected plant products 21.6
TOTAL 3,200
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National level
Total gross annual output of whole agricultural sector (large small stock, and crops) commercial and subsistence sectors N1,878 million
Total gross annual output of non-agricultural natural resource based sector ( tourism, trophy hunting, wildlife products, indigenous plant products, etc i.e. indigenous biodiversity) commercial sector only N3,200 million
Indigenous biodiversity production systems have
overtaken agricultural production systems and
exceed them by a factor of two
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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?
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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
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Biological Diversity
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Endemics
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Wetlands
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44 communal conservancies
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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