WWF - News and Publications from the Regional CBNRM Project

Summary report lessons learnt CBNRM policy and legislation

2008-02-29

Lessons learned and best practices for CBNRM policy and legislation in Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Empowering Rural Communities to Manage Wildlife: Lessons learned from WWF-SARPO's Support to CAMPFIRE Project 1993-2002

2007-10-01

The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse an alternative, technological approach to empowering rural communities to manage wildlife and associated resources.

The analysis builds on the lessons learned from nearly 10 years of implementing the WWF Support to CAMPFIRE Project within the framework of Zimbabwe's communal areas management programme for indigenous resources, CAMPFIRE. In our view, the experiences and the lessons learned from this project have a wider and more general applicability in terms of developing tools for dis-empowered communities to manage their natural resources.

Synthesis of the CBNRM Policy and Legislation

2007-10-01

This report has been compiled as part of the WWF-SARPO Regional Project for Community-based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) Capacity Building in Southern Africa funded by NORAD. The overall goal of the project is: Contributing to poverty alleviation and sustainable livelihoods at rural household level from management of natural resources by communities in southern Africa.

One of the project's five main components is to support national policy and legislation that will promote and improve implementation of CBNRM and link it to regional policies and transboundary initiatives. This report provides a baseline of information, issues and ideas that can be used to design activities to support policy development in the region.

A Preliminary Assessment of the Natural Resources Management Capacity of Community-based Organisations in Southern Africa

2007-10-01

Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) was "born" in southern Africa in the early 1990s. Ecologists, social scientists, and public sector managers/technocrats initiated pilot programmes to grant local communities appropriate authority to manage and benefit from natural resources. The pilot programmes put in place policies, enabling legislation, and incentive mechanisms for natural resource management. WWF and other conservation organizations supported local communities with technical skills in natural resource management, organizational development, and enterprise development.

Counting Wildlife Manual - Mozambique Wildlife Management Series

2006-12-05

As Mozambique's growth and development strengthens, one of the key areas focused on by the Agriculture, Environment and Tourism Ministries is the protection of our natural resources. It is vital that all stake holders, from tourists to rural communities participate and benefit from the management of our wildlife and other natural resources. Knowing how many animals we have and where they are found allows us to effectively manage and benefit from them.

Community Based Natural Resource Management Manual

2006-12-05

This Manual has been written to provide an introduction to community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) in Southern Africa. Countries in Southern Africa are: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe. CBNRM is based on the principle that land and natural resources should be managed by those people who live with and depend on them. CBNRM does not involve wildlife only but other natural resources and community development as well. Hence aspects covered in this manual can be used by any community.