Throughout Africa rhinos, elephants and lions are disappearing.
In Namibia they’re thriving - and so are the communities working to
protect them.
Namibia
IRDNC - What we do
more elephants today than in 1980



IRDNC - How we work
lions in Namibia today and the only country with a free-roaming population that is expanding outside of national parks
IRDNC - The Impact
more rhinos today than in 1982, making Namibia’s the largest free-roaming population of black rhino in the world

Income to Communities Supporting Conservation in N$

Income to Conservancies – 2021

Conservancy Income Zambezi Kunene Total in N$
Wildlife Utilisation 15,094,894 507,948 15,602,842
Joint Venture 1,443,980 3,845,727 5,289,707
Plant Utilisation 402,624 24,945 427,569
SME 25,400 130,202 155,602
Others 284,908 185,616 470,524
Land under conservation management (proportion of Namibia’s total land area)
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Where we work
Elephants have increased 8 fold since 1980
more elephants today than in 1980

Plains Animals (springbok, gemsbok, mountain zebra, etc.) have increased 10 fold since 1980
more plains animals (springbok, gemsbok, mountain zebra, etc.) since 1980

People employed by IRDNC supported conservancy enterprises 2000-2021 *


*These figures include people employed by conservancy enterprises and do not include conservancy staff.
In 2021 conservancies directly employed 871 staff in Zambezi and 596 staff in Kunene.

Conservancy Income

Kunene income by category 2021

Zambezi income by category 2021

  2015 (N$) 2018 (N$) 2021 (N$) Total income (N$)
Kunene 10,384,698 $19,488,957 12,659,865 96,056,998
Zambezi 24,089,9563 22,909,035 23,842,924 166,761,567
Enterprises: Crafts, joint ventures, indigenous natural products, wildlife utilization, etc.
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