Successful sustainable development requires the harmonisation of both environmental and human development goals, and resolving human wildlife conflict is central to this aim. Human wildlife conflict is defined as any event in which animals injure, destroy or damage human life or property (including the destruction of crops) and are killed, injured, captured or otherwise harmed as a result - i.e. both humans and animals suffer from the interaction with each other. Retaliatory killing and loss of habitat are threats to the survival of many species around the world. This study focuses on Human Wildlife Conflict (HWC) in Namibia in southern Africa.