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Community Development, Conservation Agriculture, Simalaha Community Conservancy, TFCAs

Old wisdom, new choices: how communities in Simalaha are restoring land and livelihoods

Restoring degraded land starts with something many thought impossible: hundreds of households agreeing to manage it together. Across Zambia’s Simalaha Community Conservancy, people are restoring rangelands and revitalising livelihoods through collective grazing management. Rather than every household deciding independently where cattle graze, farmers now work through Village Action Groups and Grazing Area Committees to plan […]

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Climate Change, Community, Community Development, Conservation Agriculture, Kavango Zambezi TFCA, Simalaha Community Conservancy

Hot peppers, cool solution

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

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...

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

The transformative impact of Herding for Health

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,...

Banhine National Park, Biodiversity, Community Development, Conservation, Conservation Agriculture, Great Limpopo TFCA, Limpopo National Park, Lubombo TFCA, Maputo National Park, Zinave National Park

In Mozambique, partnerships make magical places

The Government of Mozambique understands the value that its wild spaces hold. This government has placed a quarter of the entire country under formal protection, making it one of the most conservation-oriented nations...

Biodiversity, Conservation Agriculture, Great Limpopo TFCA, Mozambique, Partnerships, Rewilding, TFCAs, Tourism, Zinave National Park

A vision come to pass

In the dark of the African night, with the sounds of the vibrant bush calling across the open savannah, two eyes reflect, white in the light of a baited camera trap. A large...

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Community, Community Development, Conservation, Conservation Agriculture, Great Limpopo TFCA, Herding 4 Health, Limpopo National Park, Mozambique, Partnerships, TFCAs, Uncategorised

Herding for Health connects community farmers with markets

Farmers participating in the Herding for Health programme in Massingir in the Gaza province bordering the Limpopo National Park in Mozambique, no longer lose cattle to predation. Cattle are heathier, fatter and now...

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