This analysis of lessons learned from the Chobe Enclave CBNRM activities is based on a number of reports and studies of these activities over the past decade and the experiences of personnel involved in supporting the development of the Chobe Enclave Conservation Trust (CECT). I have also drawn on interviews with individuals involved in CBNRM and field visits to the Chobe Enclave carried out as part of various consultancies in Botswana over the past four years. Much of the material is drawn from a study carried out for USAID looking at governance issues in CBNRM in Namibia and Botswana (Jones and Butterfield 2001).