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NACSO's film gallery includes prize winning film-makers like Andy Maser: "The Guardians" and "Pride of Namibia", international TV journalism like "For the love of elephants", and short videos where Namibians talk about conservation.

2022

Imagine living with wildlife? Namibia's communal conservancy members share their stories of the realities and joys of living with wildlife.

Community voices Namibia - World Wildlife Day v1

Imagine living with wildlife? Namibia's communal conservancy members share their realities and joys of living with wildlife

Community voices Namibia - World Wildlife Day v2

Imagine living with wildlife? Namibia's communal conservancy members share their stories of the realities and joys of living with wildlife.

Community voices Namibia - World Wildlife Day v3

The Youth in Conservation Wild Landscapes Biodiversity App pilot project is the first of its kind in community-based natural resource management where youth are trained to use smart technology for local biodiversity data collection. The youth are the critical first link in acquiring data that will be used for conservation management and awareness. There are 43 youth participating in the pilot, representing 28 conservancies across 3 geographic regions in Namibia.

Youth in Conservation - Biodiversity App

2021

Congratulations to Simson Uri-Khob, winner of the Prince William Award for Conservation in Africa

4023 TCA Simson Uri Khob Trailer 16x9 v3 MIX 1

Conservation Relief, Recovery, and Resilience Facility (COVID-19 Facility) has been established to provide financial relief to CBNRM entities affected by COVID-19. A number of donors and partners have raised funds in support of the Facility.

Conservation Relief Recovery and Resilience Facility by Community Conservation Fund of Namibia (CCFN)

Joint statement of the KAZA TFCA partner states on the official launch of the first-ever KAZA-Wide coordinated aerial survey. By Mr. Teofilus Nghitila, Executive Director of the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, Namibia as coordinating country for the KAZA TFCA.

Launch of the First-Ever KAZA-Wide Coordinated Aerial Survey

Supporting African Communities: Highlighting International Conservation Efforts Worldwide

Supporting African Communities: Highlighting International Conservation Efforts Worldwide: House Committee on Natural Resources GOP

2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on human health, social welfare, and the economies of nations across the globe.

The Eden illusion: the fate of Africa's wildlife in a post-COVID-19 world

2019

In advance of the 2019 CITES meeting, four Namibian conservationists discuss why the voices of rural conservancy residents should be heard.

CITES 19 Namibia Voices

On 20 November 2019 Namibian young people marched to demand action on climate change, planting trees and presenting petitions at the Ministry of the Environment, Parliament and Windhoek Municipality.

Climate Strike 20 September

Chief Tsamkxao ≠Oma of Nyae Nyae Conservancy in Namibia explains why conservation hunting is important to the Ju/’hoansi San people, and how he feels about the award of the Edmond Blanc Prize to the conservancy and its stakeholders.

Nyae Nyae Prize

2018

Asser Ndjitezeua, Chairperson of #Khoadi-//Hoas Conservancy, explains what a conservancy is and the benefits that conservation brings.

Asser Ndjitezeua from ≠Khoadi-//Höas Conservancy talks about conservation benefits

Maxi Pia Louis, Director of the Namibian Association of Community Based Natural Resource Management Support Organisations, NACSO The hunting community has long recognized that hunting brings value to wildlife and that value increases the likelihood that communities living with those species will want to participate in wildlife conservation.

CIC Interview- Maxi Louis

Brisetha Hendricks, Ûibasen Twyfelfontein Conservancy, Namibia, is interviewed about the importance of local communities getting a voice in efforts to combat the illegal wildlife trade.
Hendricks was among the participants at a Community Voices: local perspectives on international responses to the illegal wildlife trade conference at London Zoo on 10 October 2018.
The event was organised by IIED, International Union for Conservation of Nature Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (IUCN SULi), Fauna & Flora International (FFI) and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).
The representatives from communities affected by the illegal wildlife trade called on governments meeting at the London conference on the illegal wildlife trade (11-12 October) to recognise local communities as equal partners in conserving wildlife, strengthen their rights to land and increase benefits from wildlife, and give local knowledge equal status in tackling the illegal wildlife trade.

Community Voices on IWT: Brisetha Hendricks

Maxi Pia Louis, Director of NACSO, gives a speech at the Pathways Africa 2018 Conference in Namibia.

Pathways Africa 2018 Conference in Namibia - Maxi Louis

Rhino pride campaign to raise awareness on rhino conservation and wildlife crime by working with the youth in the community.

SCI's Marc Watts conducts the latest in his series of conservation conversations with Namibia's Maxi Pia Louis. They discuss the community's role in preserving animal populations, anti-poaching and why Namibia's unique approaches to conserving wildlife are making a difference. Video footage Courtesy of NACSO.org, Wilderness Safaris, Emaneul Kapp Productions, & Schoenfield Safaris via NACSO.org.

Safari Club Interview With Namibia's Maxi Pia Louis

2017

Hilma Angula, ex Conservation Leadership Programme intern, tells how the programme helped and inspired her before she left Namibia to study for a Masters in Conservation Leadership at Cambridge University.

Conservation Leadership: Hilma

This short film from Wilderness Safaris shows how a luxury lodge – a joint-venture with a conservancy – can help make a difference to a rural community by providing jobs, training, skills and income.

Pioneering Community Partnerships - The story of Damaraland Camp and the Torra Conservancy

Solar powered electric bikes are assisting game guards to patrol in Salambala Conservacy – Zambezi Region. The bikes were an Earth Hour initiative to promote conservation using clean energy.

Solar Power for Earth Hour

Maxi Louis is one of the cornerstones of Namibian conservation having been involved, since the inception, in the establishing of our communal conservancy programmes. From growing up in Katutura, during apartheid where there were no opportunities for a young black woman, to today being an award winning conservationist, who has made a huge impact in the lives of many Namibians. Maxi’s story is one of hope, of pride and of the power that every person has, to impact the world for good.

The MYD Show – We Are Because of One Another, with Maxi Louis

2016

The Event Book is a powerful tool developed by NACSO's Natural Resources Working Group. It empowers game guards to keep track of wildlife in communal conservancies. The film shows how game guards with little formal education, but a strong knowledge of wildlife and the environment, are able to record and deal with human-wildlife conflict problems, poaching, and wildlife movement. Conservancy staff also explain why trophy hunting is an essential conservation strategy.

How an Event Book powers Namibian Conservation

A lion takes a farmer's cattle. A farmer loses his maize crop to elephants, and a man is attacked by a marauding hippo. Communal conservancies in Namibia's Zambezi Region deal with these issues every day. Conservancy game guards advise farmers on prevention measures, and conservancies try to assist farmers with conservation. The aim is to keep wildlife on the land.

How Namibian Conservancies handle Human Wildlife Conflict

Interviews with members of the public on 'Keeping Namibia's Wildlife', recorded at the Tourism Expo 2016

Keep Namibia's Wildlife

Thikundja Ndando is a Khwe San elder living in Bwabwata National Park, in Namibia. For the Khwe San, hunting is a traditional way of life, and essential for nutrition. He protests at efforts in the European Union to ban hunting.

Talking about hunting 01

Uakatara Tjijombo is an ethnic Himba living in Mbombo Masitu Conservancy in Kunene, Namibia's arid north-west. His people have a deep respect for wildlife.

Talking about hunting 02

Lucky Kasaona is Chief of a large area in Kunene, Namibia's arid north west. He explains that trophy hunting pays for conservation, and without it people would revert to poaching.

Talking about hunting 03

Chief Lucky Kasaona explains that people in Namibian conservancies suffer from lions and elephants and need compensation.

Talking about hunting 04

Martha Humu wants rural Namibians to have control over their wildlife and to benefit from hunting. The meat is used for the elderly.

Talking about hunting 05

We met Martin at a community conservancy in Northern Namibia.
When he was younger, he and his family were (controversially) relocated to make way for the conservancy. Today, it is part of a network of community-owned conservation areas where local people control at least some of the revenue derived from tourism and trophy hunting.
Almost 20 years later, Martin is an experienced local game ranger; patrolling the area on his tiny bicycle. Martin's wide smile, gentle disposition, and big hands, made him a favourite of ours. Here is his story.

The Cycling Game Ranger

Young voices at Vic Falls

2015

Chief Mayuni is a conservationist and Chief of the Mafwe people. He explains to IRDNC why trophy hunting is an essential conservation tool.

Chief Mayuni Interview

“If I can do it, you can do it,” says Steve, NACSO’s communications officer, who regularly cycles the 21 km route through the mountains to work in Namibia’s capital Windhoek. The ride was filmed for Earth Hour.

Elephants are the focus of this short documentary, first coming into conflict with a maize farmer in Zambezi Region, who is given assistance by conservation NGO IRDNC. The film shows that elephants are an important tourist draw, bringing benefits to communities, but that they need space to move between countries in the KAZA conservation area. Conservation is shown to rest on two pillars, tourism and trophy hunting.

For the love of Elephants

2014

Chief Tsamkxao ≠Oma of the Ju/’hoansi San features in this short film dedicated to Namibia's conservation model. The Chief believes in the old ways. The San have always hunted for meat, and hunting forms part of their modern, sustainable development in Nyae Nyae Conservancy.

Setting the Standard

2013

Tourists are shown enjoying the unique landscapes and wildlife viewing experience that Kunene offers.

Only in Namibia

IRDNC Director John Kasaona, WWF in Namibia Director Chris Weaver, NACSO Director Maxi Louis, conservationist Garth Owen-Smith and former Minister of Environment and Tourism Nandi Ndaitwah talk about the value of the CBNRM programme to communities and to conservation, against a backdrop of landscape and wildlife photography.

Pride of Namibia - a Revolution in Conservation

REI adventure travel company praises Namibian conservation and awards its sustainable tourism grant to Namibia, providing equipment for game guards

Sustainable Tourism REI Adventures and Namibian Game Guards

Farmer Janjie Rheyn in Kunene loses livestock to lions, but he is prepared to live with wildlife for the sake of conservation. Lion researcher Flip Stander is shown tracking lions and IRDNC Director John Kasaona talks about conservation.

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