Appropriate mitigation needed to manage human-wildlife conflicts

Staff Writer The Vice President of Namibia, Nangolo Mbumba says that there is a need to develop appropriate mitigation and monitoring methods and capacitate all stakeholders to effectively manage human-wildlife conflicts.In order to achieve this, Mbumba said that there is a need to manage human-wildlife conflict in a way that recognizes the rights and development needs of local communities, recognizes the need to promote biodiversity conservation and self-reliance and ensures that decision-making is quick, efficient and based on the best available information.The Vice President said this during the official opening of the National Conference on Human-Wildlife Conflict Management organized by…