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Transfrontier Conservation Areas
Eleven countries in the Southern African Development Community have created 14 Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) across their country borders. These TFCAs involve 1 Million Square Kilometers or 10% of SADC land.
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 contributes to SADC's vision of regional integration.
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!
Upcoming events
SADC Translocation Stand Operating proceedures Workshop
14 - 15 July 2026
Johannesburg
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Sustainable Finance COP webinar
14 July 2026
virtual
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Wildlife based economy Champions training
27 - 31 July 2026
Johannesburg
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Webinar: Strengthening the Wildlife Based Economy in face of an El Nino induced drought in Southern Africa
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Southern Africa is expected to face severe drought conditions linked to a possible Super El Niño. This presents major risks for wildlife, tourism, rural livelihoods, and conservation efforts.
This webinar will explore how drought affects the wildlife economy and identify practical...
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The 2026 Annual SADC TFCA Network Meeting Program and Logistics
Conservation
Press Release
The 2026 Annual SADC TFCA Network Meeting aims to review progress, strengthen partnerships, and promote sustainable conservation across southern Africa.
The meeting is organized by the SADC Secretariat, South Africa’s DFFE, and partners, focusing on the region’s transboundary conservation efforts.
It...
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Protocol for Sampling Wildlife Diseases in KAZA TFCA
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Protocol for Sampling Wildlife Diseases in KAZA TFCA
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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 
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News
Building Leaders, Not Just Numbers: New TFCA Ranger Training Launched
Steve Collins / 2 July 2026
The Administração Nacional das Áreas de Conservação (ANAC), in partnership with the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the Government of Germany, IUCN and Peace Parks Foundation, is strengthening leadership across four national parks through a targeted development programme for 43 current and emerging protected area leaders. Collectively, these participants oversee approximately 378 rangers responsible for protecting some of southern Mozambique's most important, protected areas.
The initiative supports Banhine, Limpopo and Zinave national parks within the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area, as...
Where the River Draws the Line Between Wild and Forgotten
Rorly Sherwen / 24 June 2026
A journey through the Lower Zambezi–Mana Pools Transfrontier Conservation Area
Boundless Southern Africa recently hosted an international media delegation through the extraordinary Lower Zambezi-Mana Pools Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA), a journey that crossed two nations, traced the arc of a great river, and told a story that the world urgently needs to hear. What follows is not simply an itinerary. It is a portrait of a landscape at a turning point, and of the people who have chosen to protect and...
TFCA Network Annual Meeting Announced - Apply to Attend
Steven Collins / 24 June 2026
Call for Applications: SADC TFCA Network Annual Meeting 2026 Skukuza, Kruger National Park | 9–13 November 2026
The SADC TFCA Network Secretariat is pleased to invite applications to attend the 2026 Annual SADC TFCA Network Meeting, to be held from 9 to 13 November at Skukuza, in the heart of Kruger National Park, South Africa.
This year's meeting brings together TFCA practitioners, government representatives, community leaders, researchers, donors and conservation partners from across Southern Africa
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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
Building Leaders, Not Just Numbers: New TFCA Ranger Training Launched
Steve Collins / 2 July 2026
The Administração Nacional das Áreas de Conservação (ANAC), in partnership with the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the Government of Germany, IUCN and Peace Parks Foundation, is strengthening leadership across four national parks through a targeted development programme for 43 current and emerging protected area leaders. Collectively, these participants oversee approximately 378 rangers responsible for protecting some of southern Mozambique's most important, protected areas.
The initiative supports Banhine, Limpopo and Zinave national parks within the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area, as...
Where the River Draws the Line Between Wild and Forgotten
Rorly Sherwen / 24 June 2026
A journey through the Lower Zambezi–Mana Pools Transfrontier Conservation Area
Boundless Southern Africa recently hosted an international media delegation through the extraordinary Lower Zambezi-Mana Pools Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA), a journey that crossed two nations, traced the arc of a great river, and told a story that the world urgently needs to hear. What follows is not simply an itinerary. It is a portrait of a landscape at a turning point, and of the people who have chosen to protect and...
TFCA Network Annual Meeting Announced - Apply to Attend
Steven Collins / 24 June 2026
Call for Applications: SADC TFCA Network Annual Meeting 2026 Skukuza, Kruger National Park | 9–13 November 2026
The SADC TFCA Network Secretariat is pleased to invite applications to attend the 2026 Annual SADC TFCA Network Meeting, to be held from 9 to 13 November at Skukuza, in the heart of Kruger National Park, South Africa.
This year's meeting brings together TFCA practitioners, government representatives, community leaders, researchers, donors and conservation partners from across Southern Africa
More news
Upcoming events
SADC Translocation Stand Operating proceedures Workshop
14 - 15 July 2026
Johannesburg
More
Sustainable Finance COP webinar
14 July 2026
virtual
More
Wildlife based economy Champions training
27 - 31 July 2026
Johannesburg
More
Recently added to the Repository
Webinar: Strengthening the Wildlife Based Economy in face of an El Nino induced drought in Southern Africa
Climate Change
Webinar
Southern Africa is expected to face severe drought conditions linked to a possible Super El Niño. This presents major risks for wildlife, tourism, rural livelihoods, and conservation efforts.
This webinar will explore how drought affects the wildlife economy and identify practical...
More
The 2026 Annual SADC TFCA Network Meeting Program and Logistics
Conservation
Press Release
The 2026 Annual SADC TFCA Network Meeting aims to review progress, strengthen partnerships, and promote sustainable conservation across southern Africa.
The meeting is organized by the SADC Secretariat, South Africa’s DFFE, and partners, focusing on the region’s transboundary conservation efforts.
It...
More
Protocol for Sampling Wildlife Diseases in KAZA TFCA
Conservation
Strategy and guides
Protocol for Sampling Wildlife Diseases in KAZA TFCA
This field guide, prepared by Dr. Chris Foggin with USAID VukaNow funding, provides practical techniques for veterinarians and assistants conducting wildlife post-mortems (PM) in the Kavango Zambezi Trans Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA...
More
