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Community Development, Kavango Zambezi TFCA, Simalaha Community Conservancy
Carbon credits for clean cooking
01 June 2020
Peace Parks Foundation collaborated with Commonland, to investigate the use of fuel-efficient cookstoves for communities within the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area. These stoves reduce the consumption of wood and charcoal by approximately 30% and the greenhouse gas emittance by 80%, when compared to cooking on traditional open fires, offering benefits to both users and the environment.
READ MORECommunity Development, Lubombo TFCA, Maputo Special Reserve, Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve
Community fish farms provide food and income
14 May 2020
Tilapia farmers from the villages of Ngomene, Mhala and Nhonguane in the buffer zone of the Maputo Special Reserve (MSR) and the Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve (PPMR), have started selling ...
Community Development, COVID-19 Support, Kavango Zambezi TFCA, Simalaha Community Conservancy
Protecting against the pandemic in Simalaha
30 Apr 2020
In the Zambia, Peace Parks has been working around the clock to assist the Ministry of Health to procure and distribute protective gear, carbolic soap, water dispensers, dispensing stands and water buckets to...
Community Development, Gonarezhou National Park, Great Limpopo TFCA, Limpopo National Park
100,000 children in unique project to fight wildlife crime and stand up for girls’ rights
12 Feb 2020
A 100,000 children – a whole generation– in and around the national parks Gonarezhou in Zimbabwe and Limpopo in Mozambique are being educated through the Peace & Changemaker Generation project, as changemakers who...
Community Development, Maputo Special Reserve
Community saves giant snake
24 Apr 2019
A Mozambican family living in the Massuane, a community in the buffer zone of Maputo Special Reserve, recently had the fright of their lives when they came across an enormous 3.5 meters long...
Community Development, Great Limpopo TFCA, Rhino Protection Programme, Wildlife Crime
Choosing Life
05 Apr 2019
A unique sport for development programme is giving youth from rural communities in Mozambique the opportunity to learn more about the critical symbiosis between man and nature. They are also introduced to the...
Community Development, Great Limpopo TFCA, Zinave National Park
A stolen forest repurposed
19 Mar 2019
Zinave National Park recently presented the Macangussane Primary School near the town of Macuvale, located in the buffer zone of the park, with 37 new desks to celebrate the start of the 2019...
