Salambala Conservancy

Named after the lovers Sala and Bala whose illicit relationship resulted in them being banished to the forest

Quick facts

Registered:

June 1998

Region:

Zambezi

Area:

930 km²

Approximate population:

9,102

Geographical features:

Average annual rainfall of 600 mm. Mopane woodland dominates the northern area, while floodplain grasslands cover the southern section.

Particular features:

High diversity of bird species, including many that are rare elsewhere in Namibia; strategic location opposite Botswana's Chobe National Park.

Major wildlife resources:

Lion, elephant, leopard, buffalo, waterbuck, tsessebe, kudu, duiker, reedbuck, common impala, blue wildebeest, lechwe, hippo, crocodile, plains zebra, warthog, steenbok, interesting bird life, various fish species.

Enterprises:

Salambala Campsite (community campsite); Ngoma Craft Centre; trophy hunting.

Management:

Management Committee of 14 women and 26 men. Executive Committee of nine members; staff of nine Community Game Guards, two Community Resource Monitors, three Campsite Workers and an Environmental Awareness Officer; wildlife monitoring using annual count on foot and Event Book monitoring system.

MET office:

Rundu

Contacts:

Salambala Conservancy, P.O. Box 1050, Katima Mulilo; Tel: 066-252875/ 67

Chairperson: Mr Mwinga Daniel 081 824 8399. danielmwinga@gmail.com
Manager: Mr Bornface Saisai 0816251557, salambalaconservancy@gmail.com
Secretary: Ms Matilda Maswahu 0812941843

More info

Game Count Poster
Zambezi Game Count - East 2022 (2022 - One poster for Bwabwata, one for East Zambezi and one for Kwando River boat counts), Zambezi Game Count - Bwabwata 2022 (2022 - One poster for Bwabwata, one for East Zambezi and one for Kwando River boat counts), Zambezi Game Count - River 2022 (2022 - One poster for Bwabwata, one for East Zambezi and one for Kwando River boat counts)
Zambezi Game Count - East 2021 (2021 - One poster for Bwabwata, one for East Zambezi), Zambezi Game Count - Bwabwata 2021 (2021 - One poster for Bwabwata, one for East Zambezi)
Zambezi Game Count - East 2020 (2020 - One poster for Bwabwata, one for East Zambezi), Zambezi Game Count - Bwabwata 2020 (2020 - One poster for Bwabwata, one for East Zambezi)
Zambezi Game Count - East 2019 (2019 - One poster for Bwabwata, one for East Zambezi), Zambezi Game Count - Bwabwata 2019 (2019 - One poster for Bwabwata, one for East Zambezi)
Zambezi Game Count - East 2017 (2017 - One poster for Bwabwata, one for East Zambezi), Zambezi Game Count - Bwabwata 2017 (2017 - One poster for Bwabwata, one for East Zambezi)
Zambezi Game Count - East 2016 (2016 - One poster for Bwabwata, one for East Zambezi), Zambezi Game Count - Bwabwata 2016 (2016 - One poster for Bwabwata, one for East Zambezi)
Zambezi Game Count - Bwabwata 2015 (2015 - One poster for Bwabwata, one for East Zambezi), Zambezi Game Count - East Zambezi 2015 (2015 - One poster for Bwabwata, one for East Zambezi)
Zambezi game count poster 2014 (2014)

Adaptive management
Climate and vegetation 2022 (2022)
Salambala Annual audit 2021 (2021)
Salambala Annual audit 2020 (2020)
Salambala Annual audit 2019 (2019)
Salambala Annual audit 2018 (2018)
Salambala Annual audit 2017 (2017)
2016 Salambala Audit Report.pdf (2016)
2015 Salambala Audit Report.pdf (2015)
2014 Salambala Audit Report.pdf (2014)

Other
Urgent appeal to enable conservation and uphold human rights in Africa (2020 - An appeal letter from the Southern African Community Based Organisations (CBOs) to the US Congress to reject proposed legislations: ‘H.R. 2245, ‘Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large Animal Trophies Act’ which inaccurately portrays international hunting as endangering conservation rather than based on sound, science-based wildlife management and the recognition of our human rights and secondly to express concern over the language contained in Section 436 of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill (H.R. 7612) which curtails the importation of legally and sustainably harvested African species.)

Conservancy Profile Map
	(2017)

Conservancy Profile Data
Conservancies Annual audit overview statistics 2017 (2017 - Overview statistics for 2017 giving information per conservancy on problem animals, poaching, predator sightings, introductions, performance scores, mortalities, rainfall, vegetation, fishing activity and catches etc as presented in the NR audit report posters. )
Conservancies Annual audit overview statistics 1999-2016 (2016 - Overview statistics for 1999 to 2016 giving information per conservancy on problem animals, poaching, predator sightings, introductions, performance scores, mortalities, rainfall, vegetation, fishing activity and catches etc as presented in the NR audit report posters. )