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An end-of-year message from our CEO
13 December 2024
The development of alliances at all levels is at the core of how we are accelerating impact towards our 2050 vision of securing 980 000 km2 of functioning transboundary landscapes in southern Africa where people and nature live together in harmony. Partnerships with governments, communities, and like-minded organisations have been highlights of 2024. We signed […]
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Tribute to Russell Smart
05 Dec 2024
On 27 November 2024, Russell Smart, a dear colleague and friend of Peace Parks Foundation, succumbed to respiratory complications. He was at his home in Simalaha Community Conservancy in Zambia, a place he...
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...
General, Herding 4 Health, Limpopo National Park
Herding for Health celebrates five years in Limpopo National Park
23 Aug 2024
This August, Conservation International and Peace Parks Foundation celebrate five years of Herding for Health in Mozambique’s Limpopo National Park (LNP). The programme rewarded 25 Herding for Health champions who have been part...
General, Great Limpopo TFCA, Kavango Zambezi TFCA
Remembering Arrie van Wyk: A true conservation pioneer
26 Jul 2024
On 23 July 2024, Arrie van Wyk sadly passed away from a heart attack. He was in the bush in the Mozambique component of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area. A vast transboundary...
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Community, Community Development, Conservation, General, Lower Zambezi - Mana Pools TFCA, Malawi Zambia TFCA, Nyika National Park, Partnerships, Rewilding, Sioma Ngwezi National Park, TFCAs, Tourism, Transboundary Landscapes, Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve
Peace Parks’ Partnership Pacts to Protect Biodiversity
22 May 2024
Historic. Ambitious. A win for the planet. Those were the words used in 2022 to describe the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, an ambitious pact signed by 198 countries to protect, restore and live in harmony with...
Biodiversity, Community, Community Development, Conservation, General, Lubombo TFCA, Maputo National Park, Mozambique, Mozambique Community Development, Partnerships, Rewilding, Tourism
Government of Mozambique and Peace Parks Celebrate Inauguration of Award-Winning Membene Lodge in Maputo National Park
15 Feb 2024
The Government of Mozambique and Peace Parks celebrates the official inauguration of Membene Lodge, Maputo National Park’s latest, award-winning, tourism asset.
