Numerous online tools and databases have been developed which are relevant to SADC TFCAs and the PAs therein (e.g. Maps, Regional Reference Information System, Legal Atlas, Monitoring & Audit tool, and Human-Wildlife Conflict tools). In order to improve access to these tools by TFCA practitioners and related personnel, in early 2015 several organisations (GIZ, IUCN, PPF, WWF and GLTFCA-AHEAD) under the guidance of the SADC Secretariat, began considering the possibility of integrating or at least linking these systems and tools with the SADC TFCA Network portal.