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TOURISM SYSTEM

Through joint ventures, the tourism private sector a board of trustees or directors, such as the Namibia
businesses collaborate with the public sector to pro- Nature Foundation (NNF), Eco Awards Namibia, Inte-
vide most of the facilities for tourists in destinations. grated Rural Development and Nature Conservation
An example of this is the joint venture partnerships (IRDNC), Namibia Development Trust (NDT), World
between the tourism private sector businesses and Wildlife Fund (WWF), Cheetah Conservation Fund
the conservancies in the country. While most of the (CCF), Desert Research Foundation of Namibia (DRFN),
associations are voluntary, they nevertheless provide Namibia Community Based Support Organisations
critical oversight to the industry. (NACSO), and Save the Rhino Trust (SRT), just to men-
tion a few. Hence, they are held accountable for their
initiatives and administration by their respective
2.5.3 Non-Governmental Organisations boards, which typically consist of prominent members
of Namibian society who voluntarily avail their time
In addition to the government and private sector as- and expertise to support environmental conservation.
sociations, NGOs also play a key role in the tourism
industry in Namibia. This is because some of them
are involved in implementing several projects in the
tourism sector as a way to promote sustainable devel-
opment. Being regulated from the national level them-
selves, these NGOs are able to mobilise beneficiary
organisations and communities to operate according
to the demands of several regulatory frameworks and
thus end up acting as unofficial monitors, especially in
the projects they fund. Most of the NGOs work under

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