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Namibia
National and regional experts debated the data sources, selection criteria, future protection and management of IPAs at a workshop in 2004 (Hofmeyer,2004) producing a provisional list of 39 IPAs.
The list included preliminary site maps in ArcView, based on sources including threatened species data, vegetation maps, the Namibian Tree Atlas project, centres of endemism and diversity, and expert opinion. This workshop also debated the possibilities for future protection and funding and the involvement of local communities in management planning and monitoring.
More resources are needed to continue and develop this project.