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From building fences to protecting wildlife: Kingsley Kwalyambumu‘s journey in Simalaha

In 2012, Kingsley Kwalyambumu earned a living as a casual labourer, helping build a fence in Zambia’s Simalaha Community Conservancy. While working on the fence, Kingsley encountered Simalaha’s community scouts and began learning more about their work of protecting wildlife and supporting communities living alongside it. Today, Kingsley serves as a Wildlife Police Officer with […]

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Biodiversity, Climate Change, Community, Community Development, Conservation, Great Limpopo TFCA, Zinave National Park

From recovery to a stronger future: Zinave’s path to resilience

Zinave National Park has come back from decades of disruption. The next step is to build on that recovery, because the true test of conservation is not only what can be restored, but what can be...

Community, Community Development, Conservation, Great Limpopo TFCA, Kruger National Park

Community leaders help shape landscape governance across Greater Kruger

How do communities become part of systems shaping safety, conservation and decision-making across one of southern Africa’s most complex conservation landscapes? This question brought together 52 community representatives from across the Greater Kruger...

Community, Community Development, Conservation, General, Nyika National Park, SA College for Tourism, Southern African Wildlife College

Powered by players, protecting landscapes

Every protected landscape has a visible story: wildlife returning, communities building resilience, and rivers, forests and grasslands better protected. But behind that visible progress is another story: one of trust, flexible funding and...

Community, Sioma Ngwezi National Park, TFCAs, Transboundary Landscapes

His Majesty the Litunga joins Peace Parks Foundation Board

Stellenbosch, South Africa/Western Province, Zambia – 28 April 2026 Peace Parks Foundation today announced the appointment of His Majesty the Litunga, Lubosi Imwiko II of the Western Province, Zambia, to its Board of...

Climate Change, Community, Conservation, Great Limpopo TFCA, Limpopo National Park

“Exhausted and proud”: How we rallied to help flood-affected communities 

When Stephen Wright took up his new post as Peace Parks Foundation’s Head of Operations and Development at Limpopo National Park in September last year, he could not have foreseen the test that he and his...

Banhine National Park, Climate Change, Community, Conservation, Limpopo National Park, Zinave National Park

Urgent response brings relief to thousands after Mozambique’s devastating floods

Twelve more communities have been reached with life-saving supplies in the past week, as roads reopen and relief efforts scale up. This brings the total to 41 villages reached within our operational area....

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