Complementary Benefits of Tourism and Hunting to Communal Conservancies in Namibia
Tourism and hunting both generate substantial revenues for communities and private operators in Africa, but few studies have quantitatively examined the trade-offs and synergies that may result from these two activities. We evaluated financial and in-kind benefit streams from tourism and hunting on 77 communal conservancies in Namibia from 1998 to 2013, where community-based wildlife conservation has been promoted as a land-use that complements traditional subsistence agriculture.
Naidoo R, Weaver LC, Diggle RW, Matongo G, Stuart-Hill G, Thouless C. (2016). Complementary benefits of tourism and hunting to communal conservancies in Namibia. Conserv Biol. 2016;30(3):628-638. doi:10.1111/cobi.12643
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