Roan, sable and tsessebe will benefit from the general management measures aimed at conserving wildlife in State Protected Areas and Conservancies.

Uncertainties surrounding the exact designation and final boundaries of many State Protected Conservation Areas in Namibia (Mendelsohn and Roberts 1997, p7; PW 1998) add to the law enforcement difficulties of the wildlife department. Clearly, a resolution of these issues will set the base line against which many other land use and conservation plans can be developed.

The present MET staff numbers, equipment and infrastructure in many parts of Namibia are insufficient to meet the challenges (PW 1998, page iii) but improvements are taking place in all these aspects. Martin (1996) examined the minimum requirements of game guards and budgets for effective functioning of State Protected Areas (Analysis 3). Based on this analysis notional budgets have been developed for the protected areas which lie in the north of Namibia above the 400mm rainfall isohyet. The required operating budget for all of the State Areas is slightly under US$3 million per annum.

It is of interest to note the effect of managing several small areas in the Caprivi rather than a single large area.

The eastern end of Etosha National Park has been left out of this table because it is assumed that adequate operating budgets for the whole of Etosha are in place. The operating costs for the Kwando Triangle are assumed to be included in the budget for the Caprivi Game Park.