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Breaking rangeland barriers: The women herders and leaders who are inspiring a new generation in Zambia
07 March 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 to opportunities offered by the Herding for Health programme, a partnership between Conservation International and Peace Parks Foundation to improve conservation agriculture, […]
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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...
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, Herding 4 Health, Kavango Zambezi TFCA, Partnerships, Rewilding, Simalaha Community Conservancy, TFCAs, Tourism, Water security, Wetlands
The Wonders of Simalaha’s Wetlands
02 Feb 2024
Situated secretively within the expansive Kavango Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area, the Simalaha Community Conservancy is shaped, sustained and drained by a network of rivers flowing through the Kavango and Zambezi river basins....
Community, Community Development, Conservation, Kavango Zambezi TFCA, Partnerships, Simalaha Community Conservancy, Sioma Ngwezi National Park, TFCAs
Peace Parks Foundation pays tribute to the late Senior Chief Inyambo Yeta of the Sisheke Chiefdom, Zambia
21 Jul 2023
Exemplary leader, visionary and ambassador for conservation.
Community Development, General, Kavango Zambezi TFCA, Malawi Zambia TFCA, Maputo Special Reserve, Rewilding, Simalaha Community Conservancy, Southern African Wildlife College, TFCAs, Zinave National Park
Leading the way with conservation at scale
14 Dec 2022
With the invaluable support of donors, partners and staff, Peace Parks Foundation celebrates connectivity throughout our many shining highlights of 2022, and the certainty that we are following our unique and vital course:...
