Siyambango, NguzaEnkono, Angula Nahas2026-07-282026-07-282022http://hdl.handle.net/11070/4282This paper, hereore, sheds ligh on CBNRM in Namibia, wih parcular ocus on he Okongo Communiy Fores and Conservancy in he norhern par o he counry.This paper presens he role o communies in resource managemen, wih parcular ocus on he Okongo Communiy Fores and Conservancy. The sudy is par o he main research work ha examined perspecves on communiy-based managemen pracces, including he conservaon area boundaries, bu mos imporanly, he roles and responsibilies o various acors wihin he conservaon area. The sudy was conduced o undersand he sae o communiy-based naural resource managemen (CBNRM) in he Okongo Communiy Foresry and Conservancy. I also explored he relaonship beween governmen unconaries and he local resource commiees ha are in exisence as crical complemenary proponens in he realisaon o susainable naural resource managemen. The sudy used a mixed research design, comprising qualiave and quanave mehods, and wih his design, daa collecon mehods included inerviews and ocus group discussions in our communies in he Okongo Communiy Fores and Conservancy, namely: Omauni Eas, Omauni Wes, Oshalande and Kumininenge. A purposive sampling mehod was employed o selec parcipans or he sudy. The sudy revealed ha he managemen o resources such as waer, wildlie, grazing areas and oresry was possible hrough managemen commiees. Mos o he commiees were esablished wih he aid o he governmen. The majoriy o respondens observed posive relaonships beween he governmen and he commiees; only ew did no. Membership on such commiees can be aribued o a srong ineres in he managemen o resources, alhough some members are eleced o serve in leadership posions irrespecve o heir commimen o resource managemen. Sadly, here are conics around he managemen o resources. However, hese conics are eiher resolved sraegically hrough communiy meengs or are direcly deal wih by he commiees. Overall, communiy parcipaon has grealy improved access and he inegriy o naural resources by ensuring equal disribuon o resources and services wihin he conservaon areaenBenefitsComparativeConservancyCommon-pool resourceCommunity based natural resource managementFunctionariesNamibiaUniversity of NamibiaArticle