Reedbuck, Waterbuck, Lechwe, Puku >>

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Strategy Requirements

Quotas: Set sustainable hunting quotas, e.g. through an adaptive quota setting system. Where conservancies or commercial farms abut onto State Protected Areas there may be a need to set quotas for the entire range.This is particularly relevant to species such as lechwe whose dispersal tends to be along rivers.

There is a transboundary aspect to this same problem. In several instances it is clear that hunting trophies are coming from a population shared between Botswana and Namibia(e.g. Salambala Conservancy in Namibia and the Chobe Enclave community in Botswana).

Sell safari hunting concessions to maximum advantage by:

Public auction: Minimises corruption and prices are higher than those obtained through a tender system.

Tenders: Unless the system for awarding tenders is transparent, corruption is frequently encountered.

Monitoring:

The annual record of revenues and incomes earned from safari hunting in State Protected Areas, conservancies and commercial farms will provide the information needed to assess the overall progress towards achieving the economic objective. It will be necessary to separate the portion of the income which is attributable to reedbuck, waterbuck, lechwe and puku.

All ecological objectives must be met;

A co-management institution must be established;

Workable transboundary institutions must be developed for cooperation on quota setting and, ultimately, lead to income sharing.