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Figure 21: Land tenure above 400 mm rainfall
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The term 'stakeholder' is often loosely applied and may include
a range of parties whose stakes differ considerably in scale.
For this reason it is essential to distinguish between various
degrees of stakeholders and to base decisions on the magnitude
of the 'stake' which each party brings to the table.
A more detailed definition of the stakeholder categories can
be found in the section on buffalo. Land tenure categories
in the part of Namibia lying above the 400mm rainfall isohyet
(Figure 21)
should define the potential primary stakeholders under any
new policy together with any new protected areas, conservancies
or commercial farms which might become recipients of the three
species.
| Land Category |
Individual Areas (km2)
|
Total Area (km2 rounded)
|
| State Conservation Areas |
|
20,700
|
| |
Etosha National Park |
7,500
|
The total area of Etosha is 22,912 km2 of which about
one-third is above the 400mm rainfall isohyet.
|
| Waterberg Plateau Park |
403
|
|
| Khaudum National Park |
3,841
|
|
| Mangetti Game Camp |
480
|
|
| Mahango Game Park |
200
|
|
| Popa Game Reserve |
20
|
|
| Caprivi Game Park |
5,500
|
|
| Mudumu National Park |
1,000
|
|
| Mamili National Park |
280
|
|
| Caprivi State Forest |
1,496
|
|
| Conservancies |
|
10,700
|
| |
Nyae Nyae |
9,003
|
|
| Kwandu |
190
|
|
| Mayuni |
151
|
|
| Mashi |
250
|
|
| Wuparo |
190
|
|
| Salambala |
930
|
|
| Private Land |
|
700
|
| |
La Rochelle (MU927) |
100
|
|
| La Rochelle (MU8470) |
100
|
|
| Kamapu -Oos |
120
|
|
| Otjiwa |
80
|
|
| Neu Okatjuru |
100
|
|
| Okawaka |
120
|
|
| Klein Waterberg |
120
|
|
| |
TOTAL AREA (km2)
|
32,100
|
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Commercial Farms
The
largest populations of roan, sable and tsessebe in Namibia
are now on commercial farms. Many of these populations
are established between the 300mm and 400mm rainfall isohyets
(and even a few commercial farms lying below the 300mm isohyet)
and it is not suggested that the stakeholders in these areas
should be abandoned or dispossessed of their animals. However,
it should be conscious policy to avoid further investment
in such areas and to promote populations in the areas where
they are more likely to be successful. It is notable that,
in relative terms, the amount of land in this category is
very small. The seven farms which lie above the 400mm rainfall
isohyet add up to less than 1,000 km2 and the total area of
all the other farms which hold these species (about 18) amounts
to less than 2,000 km2.
There is considerable scope for increasing the number of
primary stakeholders in the Tsumeb, Grootfontein, Outjo (extreme
east), Otjiwarongo and northern parts of the Okahandja and
Gobabis farming districts.
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Communal lands
In the very large areas of communal land above the 400mm
rainfall contour where human populations are at densities
less than 10 persons/km2 (Figure
21) there is considerable potential to expand the number
of conservancies. Areas which are strategically important
for the future viability of roan, sable and tsessebe are
- Eastern and western Caprivi
- The area west of Khaudum
- The areas north of Etosha (at its eastern end)
- The areas west and south of Nyae Nyae conservancy.
It would be unlikely that populations of roan, sable and tsessebe
could be established in the extreme north of Namibia where human
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