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