Country	Namibia
Name of scheme	Event Book
Biome (terrestrial; freshwater; marine)	Mainly terrestrial areas but also some freshwater sites
What is monitored	Human resource use and wildlife
Who compiles data	Community members
Number of community members involved	200 (2003)
Spatial scale. Size of area monitored	7 million ha divided on 30 areas (many areas are located in large deserts)
Methods used	Methods include, e.g., patrol records
Year of initiation	2000
Funded by	Funded by World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF, Namibia) Living in a Finite Environment (LIFE) Programme through funding from the United States Agency for 2629 International Development (USAID)
Documents or publications available	Child et al 2001; Stuart-Hill et al. 2005 ; Danielsen et al. in press
Organizers and contact details	Greg Stuart Hill, Richard Diggle, Bevan Munali, Jo Tagg, David Ward   Natural Resource Working Group, Namibian Association of Conservancy Support organizations; World Wildlife Fund, LIFE Project, P.O. Box 9681, Windhoek, Namibia; Integrated Rural Development & Nature Conservation, P.O. Box 24050, Windhoek, Namibia; Ministry of Environment & Tourism, P. Bag Box 13306, Windhoek, Namibia; Namibian Nature Foundation, P.O. Box 245, Windhoek, Namibia. E-mail: gregshill@bigpond.com.au
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