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Governance / Treaty / MOA

Various, 11 July 2025

This is an MOU signed by Angola and Zambia to establish a TFCA linking Liuwa Plains in Zambia Angola and Mussuma National Park in Angola

Climate Change / Case studies

Malon Muronzi, 8 July 2025

Synopsis: This study examines the role of community empowerment in fostering sustainable livelihoods and biodiversity conservation within the Lower Zambezi-Mana Pools Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA). It highlights successful case studies of community-based initiatives and explores potential strategies for enhancing local participation in the management and conservation of the TFCA.

Conservation / Tools

RCoE, 2 July 2025

The Regional Centre of Excellence (RCoE) for Biodiversity, Forests, and Seascape Ecosystems Management in Eastern and Southern Africa, hosted by the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), is committed to strengthening conservation efforts through geospatial data, policy engagement, and capacity development. In pursuit of this goal, we are proud to introduce this Map Book, a resource designed to support informed decision-making and enhance regional collaboration in biodiversity conservation. This publication provides a comprehensive spatial analysis of protected and conserved areas across 24 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa.

Tourism / Research

Peet van der Merwe and Andrea Saayman , 1 July 2025

This research endeavour, pioneering in its scope, sought to ascertain the collective economic significance of both international and local hunters in South Africa and, consequently, to delineate the economic impact of the hunting industry in South Africa by examining the post-COVID expenditure patterns of both international and domestic hunting tourists within the country.

Community development / Tools

Christo Fabricius , 25 June 2025

The community-based livelihoods monitoring toolkit for KAZA has been created to help people track and improve their way of living over time. It is designed to use the same methods everywhere so that information can be compared between different places and across different years. This makes it easier to see patterns and understand changes happening in the community. The toolkit helps gather reliable information that can be used to make smart decisions. By collecting good data, communities and leaders can adjust their plans based on real evidence rather than guesswork. This also helps when they need to report their progress to others.

Community development / Tools

Rorly Sherwen, 24 June 2025

To Participate in a SADC TFCA Peer-to-Peer Learning Exchange Visit on Wildlife-Based Economy and Livelihoods.

Conservation / Tools

IUCN, 10 June 2025

Finance for Protected Areas. This Guide contributes to the further development of conservation finance in light of global and local challenges for biodiversity and with the goal of supporting nature and ecosystem service flows essential for human well-being. This Guide has been produced as part of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas series of good practice guidance. Its purpose is to help PCA practitioners rethink, advocate for, and secure financial and operational sustainability for the delivery of the targets of the GBF. The Guide enables practitioners to: • Support a more informed understanding of PCAs as drivers for sustainable and equitable socio-economic development; • Learn about durable finance solutions, help select those suited for specific sites, landscapes and seascapes and improve effective use of available finances for the effective management of PCAs; • Use financial solutions in ways that support people and community empowerment leading to equitable distribution of benefits in an integrated approach; and • Raise awareness for the role finance can play in environmental and social exploitation and degradation as well as positive support for nature and people.

Climate Change / Tools

Paul Jensen and Rachael Carrie, 9 June 2025

In 2020 a rural livelihood rapid climate risk assessment for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region was undertaken. The assessment entailed the development of a vulnerability index representing social, natural, physical, financial, and human capital. Data used to represent the capitals were derived from ten indicators, ranging from measures of multidimensional poverty and gender dynamics, through to gross domestic product, annual soil losses and suitability of soils for crop production. To visualise and identify ‘hotspots’ of future climate risk, the vulnerability index was geographically mapped and combined with future climate projections equating to a world engaged in concerted climate action predicted to result in a mid and end of century mean temperature rise of 1.4°C and 1.8°C respectively (RCP4.5), and a world lacking deliberate climate action with a mid-century mean temperature increase of 2.0°C and end of century mean increase of 3.7°C (RCP8.5). A discussion of resulting climate risk hotspots, deemed to be areas where high vulnerability and climate hazards intersect, was complemented by a systematic literature review of research on agricultural climate risk, adaptation and vulnerability in the SADC region.

Governance / Treaty / MOA

Various, 9 June 2025

The communique about the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) of the Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Zambia (ZIMOZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) which was held on 18th of July 2024 at State House in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Governance / Treaty / MOA

Various , 9 June 2025

This is the signed MOU between South Africa and Lesotho that established the Maloti Drakensberg TFCA in 2001.