Namibian Experiences Establishing Community Fish Reserves

Britta Hackenberg, Clinton Hay, Jamie Robertsen and Caitlin Blaser Mapitsa
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Britta Hackenberg: Namibia Nature Foundation, Windhoek 10005, Namibia
Clinton Hay: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Namibia, Windhoek 10005, Namibia
Jamie Robertsen: USAID Resilient Waters Program, Pretoria 0181, South Africa
Caitlin Blaser Mapitsa: Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2195, South Africa

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 3, 1-13

Abstract: Inland fisheries play a critical role in the ecology of the Okavango Delta, but their conservation is particularly complex. For nearly a decade, communities, conservancies, policy makers, and partner organisations have worked to establish fish reserves across the Kavango and Zambezi. Guidelines on the establishment of fish reserves have been developed to delineate the process through which these protected areas are established, and a structured learning process has unpacked knowledge held by different stakeholders to better understand the opportunities and limitations of fish reserves and to subsequently revise these guidelines. This article aims to share these lessons and to contribute to the debate on the most effective institutional arrangements for this unique space of conservation.

Keywords: fish reserve; Okavango; land management; community participation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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