Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) is one of the most successful rural development programmes in Botswana. This project seeks to establish a National CBNRM Forum which will include all stakeholders with an interest in CBNRM with the aim to coordinate efforts and share information, in order to foster an enabling environment for CBNRM implementation in Botswana.

The need for coordination is clear, especially because the CBNRM concept has not yet graduated out of the phase of design, piloting and trial and error. Regular discussions/meetings between all stakeholders are therefore of paramount importance. The traditional 'coordinating plaforms' at district and national level do not have the appropriate mandate and/or composition to further the development of CBNRM, and so alternative structures are required.