Makgadikgadi-Nxai Pan Conservation Initiative

Donors/Funders: 
Willard L. Eccles Foundation, Yale University, University of Michigan, Natural Selection Trust, Round River Conservation
Implementers: 
Yale University, University of Michigan, Natural Selection Trust, Okavango Research Institute, Round River Botswana
Countries: 
Objectives: 
(1) Understanding historical and current community land-use patterns, wildlife numbers and movement patterns and ecological conditions; (2) Strategies that recognize and support wildlife, community and economic values and provide for adaptation as conditions change including from climate change, changing economies and changing community needs; (3) improved or re-established regional and transfrontier connectivity of the region’s wildlife populations; (4) Long-term community support mechanisms developed in cooperation with tourism operators and international donors to support on-going transitions to and maintenance of a diversity of land uses; (5) Capacity for long-term adaptive management through community monitoring programs of plan effectiveness, supervision of agreed land use compliance and monitoring of wildlife movement, numbers, and distributions.
PAs: 
Makgadikgadi Pans NP; Nxai Pans NP
Specific Area (Village, Town, District, Province): 
Phuduhudu
HQ of the Initiative: 
Salt Lake City, USA
Timeframe: 
2017 to 2026
Is the timeframe likely to be extended?: 
Unsure
Elaborate on likelihood to extend: 
COVID impacts
Budget: 
2500000.00
Currency: 
USD
Thematic Focus: 
HWC mitigation, Integrated Land Use Planning & Implementation, Research
1st Contact Name: 
Dennis Sizemore
1st Contact Email: 
2nd Contact Name: 
Kathleen Orrick
2nd Contact Email: