ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 9月26日 21時52分

a bushman tracker hold the ivory recently removed from the buried skull of a hunted bull elephant, nyae nyae conservancy, namibia-photograph by David Chancellor @chancellordavid for @ナショナルジオグラフィック
The Nyae Nyae Conservancy has used the income generated from their park; a large proportion of which originates from managed elephant hunts, to build and manage water points specifically for elephants away from the human lands, to manage game, and distrubute salt licks in the dry season. The members of the conservancy are also often given cash incentives to keep these water points functioning. They are totally independant of outside government assistance.
Currently, approximately 14% of Namibia is designated as protected areas, which is equivalent to 112,000 km². Adding the protected communal conservancy lands brings the total to 192, 000 km² of land under some protection. Some exist under an unsystematic figuration design, but 17 of the 29 conservancies (inc Nyae Nyae) actually lie adjacent to the government’s protected area networks. This then increases the continuity between protected areas and result in migration routes for elephants and other large range animals. In addition to direct income, the community gains approx 3 tons of meat from each sucessful hunt. The hunter leaves with ivory, cape (skin), and the feet of the elephant. The current quota for elephant in the conservancy is 5 mature trophy bulls, and 4 non trophy bulls per year.
As a result of these conservancies, there are many instances in which wildlife populations are on the rebound. Poaching has decreased dramatically, and is most likely due to the shift in the perceived value of wildlife. The conservancy members now see that the sustainability of the wildlife is important for providing economic development in game hunting and ecotourism, and often game guards are employed to protect the wildlife from poaching. Animals such as elephants, oryx, buffalo, Hartmann’s zebra, springbok and lion, are once again providing biodiversity to the country of Namibia. The black rhino population has recovered to become one of the largest free-roaming herds, and the cheetah population the worlds largest at 2500 #wildlife

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