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  1. Library Resource
    April, 2015
    Namibia

    In celebration of this year's Earth Day, we sat down with World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) Chris Weaver over Skype to discuss the links between secure land and resource rights and WWF's conservation work in Namibia. Mr. Weaver has been the director of WWF’s Namibia program since 1993, providing guidance and assistance to Namibian partner organizations in the development of one of the world’s most highly regarded community conservation programs. During the discussion, Mr. Weaver shared four key ingredients to achieve positive conservation outcomes:

  2. Library Resource
    July, 2013
    Namibia

    A recent study in Ecology Letters suggests that protected areas in Tanzania are becoming increasingly important as a climate change adaptation measure. When surrounding landscapes become degraded, the protected areas serve as islands of habitat for several species of dry-land birds. The authors of the study conclude that the protected areas should be maintained as an effective means for achieving conservation and climate change adaptation objectives.

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    March, 2013
    Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia

    This article discusses how one group is contributing to critical thinking about how the Voluntary Guidelines for the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries, and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGs) are implemented. The Future Agricultures Consortium (FAC) - an Africa-based alliance of agricultural research organizations - is both tracking implementation of the VGs and launching a study that will, among other things, investigate the multiple pressures toward the commercialization of land and the resulting impacts on land rights in Southern Africa.

  4. Library Resource

    Namibia Land Management Series Number 2

    National Policies
    January, 2010
    Namibia

    This brochure provides the necessary information for people living in communal areas to have their land rights registered.  The brochure also tackles why land has to be registered; who is responsible for the various aspects of the process; and how land disputes are handled.

  5. Library Resource
    July, 2014
    Namibia

    The Country Opinion Survey for FY2013 in Namibia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Namibia perceive the WBG.

  6. Library Resource
    March, 2012
    Namibia

    Namibia is a large country in Southern
    Africa that borders the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola
    to the north and South Africa to the south. With a surface
    area of 824,290 square kilometers, it is similar in size to
    Mozambique and about half the size of the U.S. state of
    Alaska. Namibia has a small population of approximately 2.1
    million people. It is also one of the least densely
    populated countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, with an average

  7. Library Resource
    March, 2013
    Namibia

    This Country Economic Report (CER) is a
    contribution to the ongoing debate among decision makers and
    diverse stakeholders in Namibia on the outlook for sustained
    growth and employment creation that addresses distribution
    issues as well. The report addresses the following main
    questions. What has been the past growth and employment
    record and what can be learned? What are the main binding
    constraints to growth? What has been the impact of this

  8. Library Resource
    June, 2013
    Namibia

    Community-based natural resource
    management is an important strategy to conserve and
    sustainably use biodiversity and wildlife in Namibia. The
    authors examine the extent to which conservancies have been
    successful in meeting their primary goal of improving the
    lives of rural households. They evaluate the benefits of
    community conservancies in Namibia by asking three
    questions: Do conservancies increase household welfare? Are

  9. Library Resource
    August, 2012
    Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Zimbabwe

    Between 1970 and 1992, the World Bank
    assisted financially in about 15 wildlife-related projects
    in Sub-Saharan Africa. The lending volume was US$ 368
    million or about 1percent of the Bank's totals lending
    during the same period. While geographically, these projects
    have been concentrated in East Africa, especially Kenya, the
    others are located in Somali, Malawi, Botswana, Cote
    d'Ivoire, Zimbabwe, Ghana, the Central African

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