caa a22 4500 445855096 CHVBK 20180317145425.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10640-010-9412-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10640-010-9412-3 Effect of Diversity of Large Wildlife Species on Financial Benefits to Local Communities in Northwest Namibia [Elektronische Daten] [Robin Naidoo, Greg Stuart-Hill, L. Weaver, Jo Tagg, Anna Davis, Andee Davidson] There exist few quantitative assessments of the relationship between biodiversity per se and economic benefits at scales that are relevant for conservation. Similarly, the merits of Community-Based Natural Resource Management programs for both wildlife and people are contested. Here, we harness two databases, on wildlife surveys and financial benefits, to address these issues for communal conservancies in northwest Namibia. We use ordination methods to characterize the diversity and stability of large wildlife assemblages on conservancies, and demonstrate that diversity (but not stability) is an important explanator of conservancy financial benefits. Our results indicate that for this area of Namibia, biodiversity, as represented by large wildlife assemblages, has an important, positive effect on the tangible financial benefits that people derive from conservation programs. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2010 Africa nationallicence Biodiversity nationallicence Community-based conservation nationallicence Community ecology nationallicence Ecosystem services nationallicence Diversity nationallicence Ecotourism nationallicence Stability nationallicence Wildlife nationallicence Naidoo Robin Conservation Science Program, WWF-US, 1250 24th Street NW, Washington, DC, USA aut Stuart-Hill Greg WWF in Namibia, P.O. Box 9681, Windhoek, Namibia aut Weaver L. WWF in Namibia, P.O. Box 9681, Windhoek, Namibia aut Tagg Jo Directorate of Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, 3rd Floor, Capital Centre Building, Levinson Arcade, Private Bag 13306, Windhoek, Namibia aut Davis Anna Namibia Association of CBNRM Support Organisations (NACSO), P.O. Box 11977, Windhoek, Namibia aut Davidson Andee WWF in Namibia, P.O. Box 9681, Windhoek, Namibia aut Environmental and Resource Economics Springer Netherlands 48/2(2011-02-01), 321-335 0924-6460 48:2<321 2011 48 10640 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-010-9412-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-010-9412-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Naidoo Robin Conservation Science Program, WWF-US, 1250 24th Street NW, Washington, DC, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stuart-Hill Greg WWF in Namibia, P.O. Box 9681, Windhoek, Namibia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Weaver L. WWF in Namibia, P.O. Box 9681, Windhoek, Namibia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tagg Jo Directorate of Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, 3rd Floor, Capital Centre Building, Levinson Arcade, Private Bag 13306, Windhoek, Namibia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Davis Anna Namibia Association of CBNRM Support Organisations (NACSO), P.O. Box 11977, Windhoek, Namibia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Davidson Andee WWF in Namibia, P.O. Box 9681, Windhoek, Namibia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental and Resource Economics Springer Netherlands 48/2(2011-02-01), 321-335 0924-6460 48:2<321 2011 48 10640 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer