By Adam Cruise and Izzy Sasada Namibia is often presented as a country with exemplary elephant and wildlife conservation management, where wildlife thrives and rural communities living among and alongside Namibia’s elephants and other wildlife reportedly benefit socially and economically. Namibia ostensibly allows rural communities the opportunity to manage and benefit from their natural resources through the creation of communal conservancies through a process known as Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM). These conservancies – together with central and regional government,...