Hunting outfitters distribute nearly twice as much revenue to Namibian communities as ecotourism
Share of annual revenue distributed to local community economies | Namibian conservancies with trophy hunting, 2012–2019
$2.5M
distributed to community economies by hunting outfitters per year
64%
of conservancy income derived from trophy hunting
That gap — nearly double the local share of ecotourism — means hunting keeps significantly more value within communal economies, but concentrating that benefit in a single revenue stream leaves conservancies financially exposed to shifts in international trophy hunting policy.
Daily Maverick · Source: Supplied data; Namibian conservancy research, 2012–2019
