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Africa’s Largest Community Forest Carbon Project launched in Zambia
14 March 2025
PRESS RELEASE Lusaka 14 March 2025 The Barotse Royal Establishment officially launches the Kafue Zambezi Community Forest Project, driving sustainable conservation and community impact forward. For the past four years, the Government of Zambia and the Barotse Royal Establishment, together with BioCarbon Partners and Peace Parks Foundation, have been working in the Western Province of […]
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Breaking rangeland barriers: The women herders and leaders who are inspiring a new generation in Zambia
07 Mar 2025
Mwandi, Western Province, Zambia—In many communities in southern Africa, looking after the family’s prized cattle is the preserve of men, while women tend to be responsible for growing crops and raising children. Thanks...
General, Simalaha Community Conservancy
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, 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, Kavango Zambezi TFCA, Partnerships, Simalaha Community Conservancy, Sioma Ngwezi National Park
Kavango Zambezi and beyond: how you can help protect bird life in flight
11 Jun 2024
The mighty Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) is the largest transboundary landscape in the world, and Peace Parks Foundation has been working with member states to support its development since 2004....
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...
