Poor controls resulted in the permit system being widely abused and a major public outcry on social media and in the local press ensued.the MET suspended quotas of plains game for shoot-and-sell and own use in the conservancies in 2018.field tripsHe said the loss of game has caused the lions to increasingly attack local farmers’ cattle and donkeys, which has led to widespread lion poisoning, including the five made famous by the 2015 documentary film.
He said urgent moratoriums on shoot-and-sell permits and own utilisation “were self-imposed by conservancies ever since, but we have yet to see any change or improvement in the status quo.” In a written response to questions, the MET’s Colgar Sikopo acknowledged the reduction in plains game in Kunene, which he attributed mainly to the drought.
He also outlined challenges in Namibia’s Community-Based Natural Resource Management model, including human-wildlife conflict arising from the conservancies’ “But he defended the conservancy model, writing that it “is no doubt a conservation and rural development success story which we are proud of”.
His responses come as no surprise. The ministry’s international reputation and the careers of its top officials were built implementing Community-Based Natural Resource Management. Members of the MET’s new Nature Conservation Board are mainly like-minded champions of hunting.nor the minister of environment and tourism, Pohamba Shifeta, were available for further comment.
So between the Swapo governmunt and the drought Namibia's wildlife is in the pot 🥘 and tourism will also go to pot...
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