The NACOMA project under component 3 supports the management planning of coastal biodiversity hotspots, more specifically the "Implementation of Priority Actions under the Management Plans at site and landscape level" under sub-component 3.2. This supports small Matching Grants (MGs) for targeted investments in specific Project intervention sites in ecosystems of biodiversity importance. Furthermore, the NACOMA project commissioned the undertaking of the Strategic Environmental Assessment of the northern regions of Kunene and Erongo in 2006. The SEA strongly recommended that an Environmental Assessment be conducted for the Dune belt area between Swakopmund and Walvis Bay. It is against this background that NACOMA commissioned this study to conduct an environmental impact assessment (EIA) study and develop an environmental management plan (EMP) in reconfirming the carrying capacity of the Kuiseb Delta to community based tourism and Dune Belt Area to various conflicting resource use activities.