SADC TFCA Programme 2023-2033

Several Southern African Development Community (SADC) protocols and strategies created an enabling environment for the establishment and development of TFCAs in the SADC region. The SADC Protocol on Wildlife Conservation and Law Enforcement was endorsed by Member States in 1999 and defined TFCAs as the area or the component of a large ecological region that straddles the boundaries of two or more countries, encompassing one or more protected areas, as well as multiple resources use area. A key objective of TFCAs is to collaboratively manage shared natural and cultural resources across international boundaries for improved biodiversity conservation and socio-economic development.

The approval of the 2013 SADC TFCA Programme reinforced Member States’ efforts to establish and develop TFCAs in collaboration with national, regional, and international partners. The SADC Secretariat provided support, mobilised financial and technical resources, as well facilitated platforms for regional knowledge sharing and collaboration. The three pillars of SADC TFCAs are: (i) to foster regional integration between two or more Member States (MS) to manage shared natural resources, to achieve progress towards legal harmonisation and active cooperation in resolving matters related to transfrontier conservation in the region; (ii) transboundary management of shared natural and cultural resources; and (iii) socio-economic development based on the sustainable use on natural resources by communities living in and alongside TFCAs. This revised 2023-2033 SADC TFCA Programme was co-developed through an inclusive and extensive process of stakeholder engagements, synthesis, and analysis. The Theory of Change derives from the Vision of the SADC TFCA Programme, which is to develop a world-class network of sustainably managed transboundary landscapes and seascapes across, and for the benefit, of SADC. The Theory of Change details the developmental process of the vision, as well as its alignment to key result areas as described in SADC’s Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). The Mission of the 2023-2033 SADC TFCA Programme is to support a functional and integrated network of Transfrontier Conservation Areas where shared natural and cultural resources are sustainably co-managed, conserved and recognised as a foundation of economic development, human well-being and improved resilience of people living within and around TFCAs

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