10 | NNF ANNUAL REPORT
Our business strategy The NNF promotes sustainable development, the conservation of biological diversity and natural ecosystems, and the wise and ethical use of natural resources for the benefit of all Namibian’s both present and future.
Mandates: The NNF actively participates in key local, regional, national and global processes and contributes to environmental and sustainability solutions primarily within Namibia but also beyond our borders. To be able to perform our work in a coherent and impactful way the Board empowers the Executive Director and Senior Management team to work under the key mandates which are grouped as thematic areas of work, types of intervention, mainstreaming issues and a very important set of enablers.
Thematic Areas of Work
Namibia are inherently related to and affected by global environmental issues and policies. In this regard we have grouped our work into 4 core themes as follows; Social ecosystems - The NNF aims to fully support the implementation and evolution of the national CBNRM Programme whilst also mobilising resources to build up alliances and partnerships to foster a more integrated approach to sustainable urban living). Natural ecosystems and biodiversity - The NNF aims to continue supporting species research and conservation, whilst also placing this work within a broader context of biodiversity, ecosystems and their services.
Our work is organised into four core thematic areas which provide the main building blocks of NNF’s work. Our core thematic areas Vision: “An equitable, informed society are reflective of our philosophy that the concept of nature is a human conliving in harmony with nature and struct and that all society depends on the environment. In this regard and sustained, physically and mentally, by in line with Namibia’s constitution the natural richness of our environment” and general nature conservation policies we promote an anthropocentric approach to conservation. These social ecosystems are underpinned by a strong and vibrant Productive land and seascapes - The NNF aims to pronatural ecosystems and biodiversity through which an mote integrated planning and development to secure and informed society develop and maintain productive land enhance the ability of our land and seascapes to remain and seascapes. But we also recognise that our actions in materially and intrinsically productive.