Community revenue share


CAMPFIRE benefit-sharing

On communal land, safari-hunting revenue is shared with the producing community through the Rural District Council under the CAMPFIRE programme. Model the split — ZPWMA royalty, community retention, council administration and the wildlife-management levy. Illustrative only.

Inputs

RDC-retained split

Producer ward / community

Guideline ≥50% to the producing community/ward.

55%

RDC administration

Council administration of the programme.

15%

Wildlife management & anti-poaching

Ring-fenced for habitat, monitoring and anti-poaching.

30%

Benefit-sharing flows

ZPWMA royaltyUSD 50,000
Producer ward / communityUSD 123,750
RDC administrationUSD 33,750
Wildlife management & anti-poachingUSD 67,500
Operator residualUSD 225,000
Illustrative. Real CAMPFIRE proportions are set by each Rural District Council's by-laws and the CAMPFIRE Association guidelines, and vary district to district. Confirm before relying on them.

Basis & references

  • CAMPFIRE Association guideline revenue-distribution proportions (community ≥50%).
  • Parks and Wild Life Act and the Rural District Councils Act (appropriate authority on communal land).
  • ZPWMA royalty applied on trophy revenue before the RDC retention split.

This calculator is referenced by the valuation model (community-share deduction on communal land) and by communal-land concessions in the marketplace.