Namibia: Kunene conservancies receive N$31m for human-wildlife conflict mitigation – Africa Links 24 2

Communal conservancies in the Kunene region have received grants worth 1.5 million euros (approximately N$31 million) for conflict mitigation from the environment ministry in collaboration with the Community Conservation Fund of Namibia.

This comes as communities in Kunene are increasingly affected by human-wildlife conflict, including loss of livestock, crops, infrastructure and, in some cases, loss of human life.

The grants have been financed by the German Federal Ministry for…