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Namibia

The first African country to incorporate protection of the environment into its constitution, Namibia has 26 parks and reserves set aside making its abundant wildlife one of its greatest tourist assets. A country on the forefront of wildlife conservation, the government has made it possible for people living in communal areas to manage their natural resources through communal conservancies.

Many populations of Namibian wildlife have decreased over the years due to human-wildlife conflicts (e.g. lions preying on livestock or human-elephant conflicts around water resources), and communal conservancies are helping battle wildlife destruction through education, ecotourism, and protection of habitat and migration routes. Due to communal conservancies, non-profit organizations, the government and other entities, populations of cheetahs, black rhinos, lions, zebras, and other native wildlife have been restored to the world's richest dry land.