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A funnel, helicopter and team of 6: The day that Zinave National Park turned a remarkable corner in recovery
A bittersweet realisation dawned on Bernard van Lente, Peace Parks Foundation’s Head of Operations and Development at Zinave National Park, while patrolling the park at sunrise late in 2023. The rewilded animals in the park’s sanctuary built to protect them had flourished and outgrown it. “We were in the middle of a terrible drought induced […]
Kavango Zambezi and beyond: how you can help protect bird life in flight
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. Its vast and remarkable mosaic of ecosystems is spread across five countries, encouraging abundant wildlife populations to roam freely across borders. Throughout […]
Herding for Health connects community farmers with markets
Farmers participating in the Herding for Health programme in Massingir in the Gaza province bordering the Limpopo National Park in Mozambique, no longer lose cattle to predation. Cattle are heathier, fatter and now they are ready to go to market. Healthy cattle and vibrant soil Delcio Juliao, Implementation Manager of the Herding for Health […]
Peace Parks’ Partnership Pacts to Protect Biodiversity
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 the natural world. It includes goals and targets from here to 2050 that aim to protect biodiversity, halt species extinction, and ensure that […]
Historic 20-year multi-party partnership agreement to restore and protect the Sioma Ngwezi landscape in Zambia
Livingstone, 27/03/2024 – The Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) in collaboration with the Barotse Royal Establishment (BRE), Peace Parks Foundation and WWF Zambia, have entered into a unique agreement to co-manage the Sioma Ngwezi Management Complex for the next twenty years. The involvement of Indigenous Peoples in the management of ancestral territories reflects […]
Presidential Visit Marks Nationwide Significance of Thazima Water Scheme Project
[Thazima, Rumphi District, 13 March]: In a significant gesture of commitment and support, His Excellency Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of the Republic of Malawi, today visited the site of the Thazima Gravity-Fed Potable Water Supply Scheme. The President celebrated the progress made by the project that will be supplying water to 18,000 people this […]
Government of Mozambique and Peace Parks Celebrate Inauguration of Award-Winning Membene Lodge in Maputo National Park
The Government of Mozambique and Peace Parks celebrates the official inauguration of Membene Lodge, Maputo National Park’s latest, award-winning, tourism asset.
