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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 program hopes to reconnect natural landscapes by improving transboundary conservation, supporting sustainable rural development and building climate change resilience in the region. The TFCA program 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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Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP20)
24 November - 05 December 2025
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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SADC TFCA Webinar: SADC Economic Development Corridors and E-WEF Nexus Approach
24 November 2025
Virtual - Zoom
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Second Disaster Risk Reduction and TFCA's webinar
11 December 2025
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TFCA Focal Points from 13 SADC Member States Complete Capacity Building Workshops in Monitoring & Evaluation and Resource Mobilisation
Rorly Sherwen / 21 November 2025
30 Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) focal persons and representatives from 13 Southern African Development Community (SADC) Member States, have received training in the use of the revised SADC TFCA Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework as well as in Resource Mobilisation. The training, held from 03–07 November 2025 at Birchwood OR Tambo & Conference Centre, aimed to strengthen the monitoring of TFCA progress and enhance the mobilisation of sustainable financing for TFCAs.
Participating countries were Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi,...
Save the Date! The SADC Transfrontier Conservation Area Annual (TFCA) Network Annual Meeting: 10 to 12 November 2026
Rorly Sherwen / 20 November 2025
The 2026 SADC Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) Annual 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 next year November 2026 and in keeping with the trend set in Kasane in 2024, South Africa as host country will arrange an interesting field trip on the 10th November.
For more information, contact: Steve Collins on steve.collins@gopa.eu
A Milestone for KAZA and Partners!
Rorly Sherwen / 20 November 2025
The Kavango Zambezi Trans Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) Secretariat and partners, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Sustainable Finance Coalition (SFC) officially launched the project “Green Growth for KAZA: Leveraging KAZA’s Natural Capital and Cultural Heritage for Inclusive Socio-Economic Development" funded under the EU NaturAfrica programme.
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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
TFCA Focal Points from 13 SADC Member States Complete Capacity Building Workshops in Monitoring & Evaluation and Resource Mobilisation
Rorly Sherwen / 21 November 2025
30 Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) focal persons and representatives from 13 Southern African Development Community (SADC) Member States, have received training in the use of the revised SADC TFCA Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework as well as in Resource Mobilisation. The training, held from 03–07 November 2025 at Birchwood OR Tambo & Conference Centre, aimed to strengthen the monitoring of TFCA progress and enhance the mobilisation of sustainable financing for TFCAs.
Participating countries were Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi,...
Save the Date! The SADC Transfrontier Conservation Area Annual (TFCA) Network Annual Meeting: 10 to 12 November 2026
Rorly Sherwen / 20 November 2025
The 2026 SADC Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) Annual 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 next year November 2026 and in keeping with the trend set in Kasane in 2024, South Africa as host country will arrange an interesting field trip on the 10th November.
For more information, contact: Steve Collins on steve.collins@gopa.eu
A Milestone for KAZA and Partners!
Rorly Sherwen / 20 November 2025
The Kavango Zambezi Trans Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) Secretariat and partners, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Sustainable Finance Coalition (SFC) officially launched the project “Green Growth for KAZA: Leveraging KAZA’s Natural Capital and Cultural Heritage for Inclusive Socio-Economic Development" funded under the EU NaturAfrica programme.
More news
Upcoming events
Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP20)
24 November - 05 December 2025
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
More
SADC TFCA Webinar: SADC Economic Development Corridors and E-WEF Nexus Approach
24 November 2025
Virtual - Zoom
More
Second Disaster Risk Reduction and TFCA's webinar
11 December 2025
Zoom
More
Recently added to the Repository
AFRICAN LEADERS GABORONE DECLARATION ON BIODIVERSITY
Conservation
Policy documents
On 2nd to 5th November the African Union and Government of Botswana convened the First African Biodiversity Summit and Conference of the Parties to the Maputo 2003 Convention on African Biodiversity in Gaborone. This is the Declaration agreed by the...
More
Madagascar Ministers reaffirm commitment towards the establishment of a marine TFCA
Meeting Report
Meeting Report
Southern African Development Community (SADC) Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANR) Directorate is, through the support of the Joint Action NaturAfrica/Climate Resilience and Natural Resource Management (C-NRM) Programme - a partnership programme between Southern African Development Community (SADC), the European...
More
The Natural Resource Governance Framework
Governance
Tools
Governance is a critical determinant of the social equity, effectiveness and sustainability of natural resource use and conservation. Improving natural resource governance, including securing rights and sharing power and responsibilities, benefits both people and nature. Despite this, governance remains relatively...
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