Conservancies Association of Namibia
-CANAM-

MISSION
Conservation through conservancy coordination and promotion.

AIMS

• To represent as many properly established conservancies as possible in Namibia and to act as their coordinating body;
• to liaise and endeavour to cooperate with the relevant authorities for the establishment, recognition and enforcement of legal implications in respect of conservancies and conservation;
• to actively encourage its members to generate the interest and active participation of landowners, bona fide land occupiers, their representatives and / or agents as well as their employees, in the conservation of the environment and its fauna and flora;
• to encourage and coordinate research and projects in respect of natural resource management;
• to protect, regulate and improve the quality of the environment;
• to facilitate and coordinate development of a marketing strategy of conservancies;
• to create awareness, locally and internationally, of the objectives and activities of CANAM; and
• to raise funds necessary for the promotion and implementation of the objectives of CANAM.

ACTIVITIES

• Workshopping game-counts in and management plans for conservancies;
• adding value to farm products through conservation;
• conducting environmental lectures at the Polytechnic; and
• acting as the mouthpiece for member conservancies.

FOCUS GROUPS
Member conservancies, Namibian public and relevant authorities.