Given the potentially controversial reactions to any suggestions that elephants should be managed, the main recommendations of the report may create a furore. However, I back these up with a considered discussion of all the issues and have confidence that, given its enlightened wildlife policies, the Namibian government will not find the proposals outrageous. All of the recommendations are consistent with the far-reaching vision for land use in Namibia developed in the recent UNDP/GEF study.