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Community, Community Development, Conservation, Nyika National Park, Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve
When nature has tangible benefits for people, they will protect it
27 March 2025
Blog by Werner Myburgh, Peace Parks Foundation CEO Conservation areas have a lot to offer to the people living in remote landscapes. They have the potential to offer healthy food, clean water, fresh air and jobs in nature-based tourism. Yet these fruits of joint conservation efforts are not always immediately realised. With this in mind, […]
READ MORECommunity, Community Development, Conservation Agriculture, Great Limpopo TFCA, Limpopo National Park
The transformative impact of Herding for Health
24 Mar 2025
In many communities across southern Africa, traditional roles limit women’s participation, especially in agriculture and livestock management. However, through the Herding for Health programme, a partnership between Conservation International and Peace Parks Foundation,...
Community Development, Lubombo TFCA, Maputo National Park, Mozambique, Mozambique Community Development
New horizons for the people of the land
20 Feb 2025
Maputo National Park implements a remarkably successful community development programme in the Matutuíne district just south of the timeless city that is Maputo in Mozambique, southern Africa. Here, in a large cross-border protected...
Climate Change, Community Development, Conservation, General, Herding 4 Health, Kavango Zambezi TFCA, Partnerships, Simalaha Community Conservancy
Building resilience to climate change in Zambia
19 Nov 2024
The reality Southern Africa is a largely rural landscape, where 75% of the land is classified as semi-arid or arid. As the climate in this region is affected by global shifts, over 45...
Community, Community Development
How Peace Parks’ new era of developing communities in southern Africa is shifting the global conservation trend
12 Nov 2024
Zinhane, Mozambique – Ana Marta Francisco Chaúque viewed with pride the clearing where she stood. Two hectares of land had been planted with crops, and an additional five hectares were earmarked for this...
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Community Development, Great Limpopo TFCA, Zinave National Park
Victory for nature: How Zinave National Park is winning the war against illegal logging
28 Oct 2024
In a significant triumph for conservation efforts in Mozambique, illegal logging has been halted in Zinave National Park due to co-ordinated action to disrupt these operations by confiscating equipment and imposing steep fines...
Banhine National Park, Biodiversity, Community Development, Conservation, Conservation Agriculture, Great Limpopo TFCA, Limpopo National Park, Lubombo TFCA, Maputo National Park, Zinave National Park
In Mozambique, partnerships make magical places
20 Sep 2024
The Government of Mozambique understands the value that its wild spaces hold. This government has placed a quarter of the entire country under formal protection, making it one of the most conservation-oriented nations...
