Poverty-Oriented Support to Community Conservation in Namibia

Niël Terblanché The Poverty-Oriented Support to Community Conservation in Namibia (POSCCIN) project has distributed over N$31 million in grants to conservancies in the Kunene region. This effort, led by the Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism (MEFT) and the Community Conservation Fund of Namibia (CCFN), with German government support, aims to mitigate human-wildlife conflict while promoting local livelihoods. The grants were handed over in Opuwo on Friday by Pohamba Shifeta, the minister of environment, forestry, and tourism. He said the Kunene region is facing increasing challenges as both wildlife and human populations grow. “Predator attacks on livestock, competition for water…