Throughout Africa rhinos, elephants and lions are disappearing.
In Namibia they’re thriving - and so are the communities working to
protect them.
In Namibia they’re thriving - and so are the communities working to
protect them.
Namibia
more elephants today than in 1980
lions in Namibia today and the only country with a free-roaming population that is expanding outside of national parks
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)
Facts & Figures
Where we work
more elephants today than in 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.
Facts & Figures