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Transfrontier Conservation Areas
The Southern African Development Community has created 14 Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) across country borders covering 1 Million Square Kilometers or 10% of the land in 11 of SADC's 16 countries.
The SADC TFCA programme hopes to reconnect natural landscapes by improving transboundary conservation, supporting sustainable rural development and building climate change resilience in the region. The TFCA programme is part of SADC's regional integration vision.
The TFCA Network
The SADC TFCA Network is a community of practice that brings together professionals working in Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) across a wide range of sectors contributing to SADC's regional sustainable rural development programme.
Recognising the shared challenges faced by TFCAs and aligned with the SADC TFCA vision, the Network was established on 25–26 September 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa, by TFCA coordinators, representatives from international NGOs, and practitioners from the SADC Member States.
The Network aims to address several key common challenges, including:
- Strengthening governance through improved policies, legislation, and institutional frameworks
- Developing sustainable financing mechanisms for TFCAs
- Demonstrating the value of TFCAs at local, national, and regional levels—for example, by enhancing community benefits and supporting capacity development.
Become a member of the TFCA Network and join a vibrant community of like-minded professionals. Click here to join now!
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15th COP For The Convention on Migratory Species
23 - 29 March 2026
Campo Grande, Brazil
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SADC TFCA Network Annual Meeting
09 - 13 November 2026
Skukuza, South Africa
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Visit a TransFrontier Conservation Area today
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News
SADC TFCA Newsletter - 1st Edition March 2026
Rorly Sherwen / 25 March 2026
Dear TFCA Colleagues,
There is a moment at ITB Berlin 2026, the world's largest tourism trade fair – when the logic of transfrontier conservation becomes almost self-evident. A delegate from a Frankfurt tour operator sits across from a Boundless Southern Africa representative, and the pitch is not about a country, or even a park. It is about a landscape. About an idea quietly reshaping how Southern Africa presents itself to the world, that the lines on the map are not the...
Save the Date! The Annual SADC Transfrontier Conservation Area Annual (TFCA) Network Meeting: 10 to 12 November 2026
Rorly Sherwen / 25 March 2026
The Annual SADC Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) Network Meeting will be held Skukuza, Kruger National Park in South Africa which is part of the Great Limpopo TFCA.
The meeting will take place in November 2026 and in keeping with the trend set in Maputo in 2023, South Africa as host country will arrange an interesting excursion on 10 November.
For more information, contact: Steve Collins on steve.collins@gopa.eu
Strengthening Resilience in SADC TFCAs: Launch of Mainstreaming DRM/RID Into TFCA Web-Based Training Module
Rorly Sherwen / 25 March 2026
On 24 February 2026, more than 100 representatives from Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs), River Basin Organizations (RBOs), and Disaster Risk Management (DRM) institutions convened for a regional webinar under the 2023-2033 Southern African Development Community (SADC) TFCA Programme facilitated by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and supported by German Government and the European Union in partnership SADC. The session, themed “Building Land/Seascape Resilience in Southern African TFCAs and RBOs: Lessons from the Greater Limpopo Basin Flood Emergency”,...
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Visit a TransFrontier Conservation Area today
If you're interested in visiting one of the Transfrontier conservation areas, here are some great links to help you on your journey:
TOURISM in TFCAs
TOURISM in KAZA
The TFCA Network
The SADC TFCA Network is a community of practice that brings together professionals working in Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) across a wide range of sectors contributing to SADC's regional sustainable rural development programme.
Recognising the shared challenges faced by TFCAs and aligned with the SADC TFCA vision, the Network was established on 25–26 September 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa, by TFCA coordinators, representatives from international NGOs, and practitioners from the SADC Member States.
The Network aims to address several key common challenges, including:
- Strengthening governance through improved policies, legislation, and institutional frameworks
- Developing sustainable financing mechanisms for TFCAs
- Demonstrating the value of TFCAs at local, national, and regional levels—for example, by enhancing community benefits and supporting capacity development.
Become a member of the TFCA Network and join a vibrant community of like-minded professionals. Click here to join now!
News
SADC TFCA Newsletter - 1st Edition March 2026
Rorly Sherwen / 25 March 2026
Dear TFCA Colleagues,
There is a moment at ITB Berlin 2026, the world's largest tourism trade fair – when the logic of transfrontier conservation becomes almost self-evident. A delegate from a Frankfurt tour operator sits across from a Boundless Southern Africa representative, and the pitch is not about a country, or even a park. It is about a landscape. About an idea quietly reshaping how Southern Africa presents itself to the world, that the lines on the map are not the...
Save the Date! The Annual SADC Transfrontier Conservation Area Annual (TFCA) Network Meeting: 10 to 12 November 2026
Rorly Sherwen / 25 March 2026
The Annual SADC Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) Network Meeting will be held Skukuza, Kruger National Park in South Africa which is part of the Great Limpopo TFCA.
The meeting will take place in November 2026 and in keeping with the trend set in Maputo in 2023, South Africa as host country will arrange an interesting excursion on 10 November.
For more information, contact: Steve Collins on steve.collins@gopa.eu
Strengthening Resilience in SADC TFCAs: Launch of Mainstreaming DRM/RID Into TFCA Web-Based Training Module
Rorly Sherwen / 25 March 2026
On 24 February 2026, more than 100 representatives from Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs), River Basin Organizations (RBOs), and Disaster Risk Management (DRM) institutions convened for a regional webinar under the 2023-2033 Southern African Development Community (SADC) TFCA Programme facilitated by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and supported by German Government and the European Union in partnership SADC. The session, themed “Building Land/Seascape Resilience in Southern African TFCAs and RBOs: Lessons from the Greater Limpopo Basin Flood Emergency”,...
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Upcoming events
15th COP For The Convention on Migratory Species
23 - 29 March 2026
Campo Grande, Brazil
More
SADC TFCA Network Annual Meeting
09 - 13 November 2026
Skukuza, South Africa
More
Recently added to the Repository
Transboundary Conservation Specialist Group Newsletter
Conservation
Newsletter
The report highlights innovative transboundary conservation efforts, emphasizing regional cooperation, indigenous leadership, sustainable financing, and community engagement across Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Amazon. Key initiatives include private capital mobilization in the Great Limpopo, indigenous Sámi and Amazonian...
More
Tourism Market Development Strategy and Action Plan SADC Transfrontier Conservation Areas
Tourism
Strategy and guides
While tourism is a growing and important economic sector for SADC Member States, the region is yet to realise its full
tourism potential. In 2019, prior to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, SADC Member States received less than 2%
of global...
More
BRIEFING PAPER: Human-Wildlife Coexistence in Botswana and Beyond: Drivers, Impacts, and Response Mechanisms
Conservation
Research
Human–wildlife coexistence has emerged as a strategic issue of growing importance for many countries across the world, with far-reaching implications for sustainable development, rural livelihoods, and biodiversity conservation.
More
