Getting the lion's share from tourism: private sector-community partnerships in Namibia

• Main Authors: D. Roe, M. Grieg-Gran, W Schalken
• Format: Publication
• Language: English
• Published: International Institute for Environment and Development 2001
• Subjects: Agriculture and food; Agriculture and food.Land tenure; Agriculture and food.Land tenure.Communal land; CBNRM; CBNRM case study; CBNRM policy; common property; Conservancies; Ethical business; Ethical business.Sustainable tourism; Ethical business.Sustainable tourism.Sustainable Tourism Case Studies; Feature tourism; Finance policy; Finance policy.Private sector; Finance policy.Private sector.Private sector public-private links; Governance; povcons; Poverty; PPT; Pro-poor tourism; Namibia

In a number of developing countries, partnerships between the private sector and local communities are becoming more and more common, especially as communities are increasingly gaining rights to wildlife and other valuable tourism assets on their land through national policy changes on land tenure....