The German Development Cooperation recently invested millions of Namibian dollars in the Caprivi region, allowing for the development of two new Park Management Stations in the Bwabwata and Mudumu National Parks. These new stations complement the construction of the Mahango station two years ago.
According to the Namibian government, the efforts of the Namibian-German co-operation to develop the parks are having a positive effect on wildlife numbers and the experience of visitors, which in turn bring considerable benefits to the region and the local communities.
During the opening ceremony of the two new stations, Minister of Environment and Tourism, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, said: “In the Bwabwata National Park, where about six thousand people live inside the park, benefits for the community include the rights to harvest natural resources such as Devil’s Claw, which generates about N$300 000 (R300 000) a year, and trophy-hunting concessions that yield about N$4m (R4m) a year for the communities.”
Dorine Reinstein
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