Editing Namibia (section)

===Communal wildlife conservancies===
{{Main|Communal wildlife conservancies in Namibia}}
[[File:SAC Namibia-bushveld.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|[[Quivertree]] Forest, [[Bushveld]]]]
Namibia is one of few countries in the world to specifically address [[Wildlife conservation|conservation]] and protection of [[natural resources]] in its constitution.<ref name="Stefanova"/> Article 95 states, "The State shall actively promote and maintain the welfare of the people by adopting international policies aimed at the following: maintenance of [[ecology|ecosystems]], essential ecological processes, and biological diversity of Namibia, and utilisation of living natural resources on a sustainable basis for the benefit of all Namibians, both present and future."<ref name="Stefanova"/>

In 1993, Namibia's newly formed government received funding from the [[United States Agency for International Development]] (USAID) through its Living in a Finite Environment (LIFE) Project.<ref>Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) Programme Details (n.d.).</ref> The [[Ministry of Environment and Tourism (Namibia)|Ministry of Environment and Tourism]], with financial support from organisations such as USAID, [[Endangered Wildlife Trust]], [[World Wide Fund for Nature]], and Canadian Ambassador's Fund, together form a Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) support structure. The project's main goal is to promote sustainable natural resource management by giving local communities rights to wildlife management and tourism.<ref name=UNEP/>