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LANDCARE/SLMINNAMIBIA
HiskiaMbura,EmilyMutota
AfricanLandCareNetwork, February2016
COUNTRYBACKGROUND
Area:Total:825418km²Coastline:1572kmElevaFonextremes:lowestpoint:AtlanCcOcean0mhighestpoint:Brandberg2573mPopulaFon:2,129854,with41.4%ofhouseholds(27.6%poorand13.8%severelypoor).
CulCvaConpotenCal LivestockrearingpotenCal
KEYENVIRONMENTALCHALLENGES
Surfacescars,off-roaddriving Flooding,duetoClimateChange
Gullies/SoilerosionBush-encroachment
LANDDEGRADATION
ClimateandAnthropogenicChangeleadsto:
Loss• NaturalHabitats
Loss• Biodiversity(Species)
Loss• EcologicalServices• EconomicGains
POVERTY
• “Approximately30%(26Millionha)areaissubjectedtodensedbushes.
• EsCmatedlossofN$700mioperyeartobeefmarket(deKlerk,2004).
EFFECTSOFLANDDEGRADATION
PAST/OLDERINITIATIVES
• 2decadesofSLMprogrammesimplementaCon• CBNRM:Communal
Conservanciesandcommunityforests
• DrylandanddeserCficaConProgrammes
• Short-termimpacts—acCviCesstopasprojectsend!
• IncenCvesdriven,andmainlytop-downapproach(andnotboaom-up).NoOwnership!
PASTANDCURRENTSLMINITIATIVESCURRENT/RECENTINITIATIVES
• Newera(2007)ofenvironmentalassessments(EAs,SEAandSEMP),• ParCcularlytoaddressmining
impacts• PromotegoodpracCceand
sustainableresourceuClisaConinalleconomicanddevelopmentsectors
• NAFOLAandSCORE,addressthemainstreamingofclimatechangeadaptaConsintoNDPs,SDGsetc…
• NRMPSandCAN,botharecommunity(NamibiaRangelandForum,FarmersCo-operaCves)drivenwithgovernmentsupport
Gully bra FlowretenCon FlowretenCon
Auas-OanobConservancy,SourceI.Zimmermann
MOSTRECENTSLMINITITIVECONT…NRMPSaims;Toempowerrangelandanduserstousetheirrangelandresourcesinsuchawaythat:es.• AnimalproducFonandprofitisopCmized
• WhilstimprovingrangelandproducFvity• ConservaFonAgricultureNamibia,founded
toimplementtheNRMPS
IMPLEMENTATIONOFKalahariNamibProject
KNPaims,TosupportcommuniCesandpolicymakersinmember
countriestoeffecCvelyimplementandupscalesustainablelandmanagement(SLM):• therebycontribuCngtoimprovedlivelihoodsand,• MaintainingtheintegrityandfuncFonsoftheKalahari-Namib
ecosystem• ThroughpromoCngcommunityownership
HarvesCngofinvasivespecies-Local-leveldecision-making-communitygarden
OVERALGOALSOFSCOREandNAFOLA
NAFOLAaims,Toincreasingthecapacityforthe
uptakeofimprovedagriculture,livestockandforestrymanagementpracCcesinthecommunityforestareas.
SCOREaims,TostrengthentheadapCvecapacity
forclimatechangeandreducethevulnerabilitytodroughtsandfloodforapproximately4000households,ofwhich80%arewomen-led.
“SustainableManagementofNamibia’sForestedLands”(NAFOLA),and“Scalingupcommunityresilience(SCORE)toclimatevariabilityandclimatechangeinNorthernNamibia”
Wayforward• IdenCfynewentrypoint,i.e.CAN,UNAM,NRF,NUSTand
RDCs• RaisefundsforLandcareacCviCes,toenhance
implementaCon• EnhancepublicityandvisibilityoftheLandCareprinciples
• SeekALNadviceoneffecCvelobbyingforbuy-inofidenCfiedinsCtuCons