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24/02/18

Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) are founded on the realization that natural resources straddle international boundaries and are a shared asset with the potential to meaningfully contribute to the conservation...

23/02/18

Ever since the establishment of Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park between Botswana and South Africa in 1999, Africa’s first Transfrontier Park, conservation of biodiversity and economic development were the two overarching...

10/01/18

The SADC TFCA Network members suggested that the GIZ/SADC Transboundary Use & Protection (TUPNR) programme should provide a window for learning exchanges on TFCA development for communities and partners. The...

15/12/17

The annual Tri-nations Camp was held on the 11th- 15th of December 2017, at the Mapungubwe National Park Auditorium and Confluence Viewpoint in the Limpopo Province.  The national Department of Environmental Affairs facilitates the cross border...

08/12/17

SADC Ministers responsible for Environment and Natural Resources, Fisheries and Aquaculture, and Tourism met from 23 to 24 November 2017 in Pretoria, South Africa to review the overall state and performance, as well as new development in the...

06/12/17

The Maloti Drakensberg Transfrontier Programme (MDTP) recently held the first 4x4 expedition from 27 to 31 October 2017. The expedition took place within the Maloti Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation Area, starting in South Africa in...

27/11/17

The Limpopo National Park (LNP) celebrated its 16th anniversary on 27 November 2017. Mozambique proclaimed the Park on 27 November 2001 which forms part of the core area of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park (GLTP).  The GLTP was established by...

09/11/17

SADC Secretariat, with support from the German Development Cooperation through GIZ, convened two workshops from 5-8 September 2017 contributing to the implementation of important elements of the SADC TFCA Programme. The workshops were attended by...

09/11/17

Transfrontier Conservation Areas are established with the purpose of collaboratively managing shared natural and cultural resources across international boundaries for improved biodiversity conservation and socio-economic development. According...

07/11/17

Malawi’s Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining through the Department of National Parks and Wildlife, supported by South African-based NGO, Peace Parks Foundation, this month translocated 34 elephants from Liwonde National Park to the...

07/11/17

“Every Ranger and Scout of Greater Mapungubwe is a custodian who holds the responsibility of guarding the future of the Protected Area’s natural biodiversity - for in these wild places is found testament of the laws of the Earth.” These beautiful...

07/11/17

Between the 22nd and 26h of May 2017, the Research Platform « Production and Conservation in Partnership » (www.rp-pcp.org) in collaboration with its partners organised two related events in the South East...

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