| Overview : The Chobe-Kwando-Linyanti (CKL) area covers Chobe District with its protected areas, i.e. forest reserves and Chobe National Park and adjacent areas of Ngamiland District. It is hinged along the Chobe and Kwando-Linyanti river system that also marks its northern boundary and international boundary separating Caprivi of Namibia and Botswana. As the Kwando-Linyanti river system extends beyond administrative boundaries of the Chobe District, additional land units (wildlife management areas - WMAs) of the Ngamiland District also make part of the CKL area, i.e. all WMAs adjacent to the river systems. The CKL area encompasses the iconic Chobe National Park, all (six in total) of Botswana’s forest reserves and more than seven wildlife management areas (WMAs), some of which are communal (human settlements) areas as well. Therefore, due to its location, constituent land units, and, water resources and biodiversity significance, the CKL area is of high national, regional and international importance. Multiple land uses are characteristic of the CKL area; these include community based natural resources management concessions, protected areas, human settlements and accompanying livelihood activities, safari hunting and photographic tourism. Also, to a very large extent, human livelihoods in the CKL area are very closely tied with biodiversity and water resources.
In response to the situation explained above, the Chobe District Land Use Planning Unit (DLUPU), Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism (MEWT), through the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP), Department of Forestry and Range Resources (DFRR) and Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has taken the initiative to promote and develop opportunities for an Integrated Management Planning (IMP) for the area’s biological and other natural resources. In light of this, UNDP is seeking to engage the services of a Land Use Planning / Management specialist to facilitate the development of the Integrated Land Use Plan in the Chobe-Kwando-Linyanti Matrix of Protected Areas/ Chobe District. |
