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Prosperity and peace meet in the Limpopo landscape
Peace Parks Foundation works in transboundary landscape restoration with a focus on rewilding protected areas whilst protecting and supporting the communities that live alongside national parks and wildlife reserves. In Mozambique, successful rewilding initiatives have been implemented along with numerous community development programmes to ensure peaceful co-existence. The Limpopo National Park Livelihoods Improvement Programme The […]
Herding for Health celebrates five years in Limpopo National Park
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 of this incredible community upliftment and landscape restoration project since the beginning. At the event, communities were invited to see the Herding […]
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 […]
Nyika-Vwaza Agreement Shapes a Sustainable Conservation and Community Future
In a pivotal development for Malawi wildlife conservation, the country’s Minister of Tourism, The Hon. Vera Kamtukule, and the Chief Executive Officer of Peace Parks Foundation, Mr. Werner Myburgh, today signed a ground-breaking 20-year co-management agreement to secure the long-term protection and sustainability of two vital ecological havens in Malawi: Nyika National Park and Vwaza […]
Limpopo National Park communities feel a vital livelihood lift thanks to a €1.5m grant through the SADC Financing Facility
Limpopo Livelihoods Improvement Project brings multiple life-changing benefits to local communities
Water brings life to Limpopo National Park and beyond
A new water supply benefits livestock and livelihoods enabling a crucial move from the park to richer areas beyond.
Reducing the impact of COVID around Mozambique’s national parks
Rural communities living around national parks in Mozambique were protected from some of the devastating economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, through temporary employment for more than 700 community members.
