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Smart parks, safe paths: How a digital shield is rewriting Zambia’s elephant story
21 October 2025
Watering spots in Sikunzu farming settlement used to be the bane of farmers’ lives. An approaching elephant bull could cause significant damage to a crop in minutes, leaving livelihoods in tatters. In community meetings, families living along well-used elephant paths were urged to relocate their homes or put curfews in place to avoid night-time encounters. […]
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Crime syndicates are plundering Zambia’s heritage plant – why it matters
04 Aug 2025
In western Zambia’s Sioma Ngwezi National Park, a little-known medicinal plant is vanishing – not from overuse by local communities, but at the hands of international crime syndicates. Devil’s Claw (Harpagophytum procumbens), a...
Community, Community Development, In Conversation, Malawi Zambia TFCA, Nyika National Park, Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve
In Conversation with Judge Twea
29 Jul 2025
Taking the Nyika-Vwaza landscape to new heights. Meet His Honour Mr Edward Twea, retired Judge President of the Supreme Court of Appeal in Malawi and recently appointed Board Chairperson of the Nyika-Vwaza Co-management...
Climate Change, Community, Community Development, Conservation Agriculture, Kavango Zambezi TFCA, Simalaha Community Conservancy
Hot peppers, cool solution
27 May 2025
In drought-stricken Zambia, chilli farming is helping families beat hunger, protect their crops and coexist with wildlife. When the rain failed, chillies didn’t. Zambia’s climate crisis hit hard in 2023. Facing its worst...
Banhine National Park, Community, Community Development, Conservation, Conservation Agriculture, Great Limpopo TFCA, Zinave National Park
Mapai workshop drives corridor vision forward: Why wildlife pathways matter
23 May 2025
A workshop in Mozambique’s Mapai District of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area marked an important step in putting a national plan into action: to connect Limpopo, Banhine and Zinave national parks through...
CEO Blog, Community, Community Development, Conservation, Nyika National Park, Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve
When nature has tangible benefits for people, they will protect it
27 Mar 2025
Blog by Werner Myburgh, Peace Parks Foundation CEO Conservation areas have a lot to offer to the people living in remote landscapes. They have the potential to offer healthy food, clean water, fresh...
Community, Community Development, Conservation Agriculture, Great Limpopo TFCA, Limpopo National Park
The transformative impact of Herding for Health
24 Mar 2025
In many communities across southern Africa, traditional roles limit women’s participation, especially in agriculture and livestock management. However, through the Herding for Health programme, a partnership between Conservation International and Peace Parks Foundation,...
