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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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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...
Community, Kavango Zambezi TFCA, Simalaha Community Conservancy
Breaking rangeland barriers: The women herders and leaders who are inspiring a new generation in Zambia
07 Mar 2025
Mwandi, Western Province, Zambia—In many communities in southern Africa, looking after the family’s prized cattle is the preserve of men, while women tend to be responsible for growing crops and raising children. Thanks...
General, Simalaha Community Conservancy
Tribute to Russell Smart
05 Dec 2024
On 27 November 2024, Russell Smart, a dear colleague and friend of Peace Parks Foundation, succumbed to respiratory complications. He was at his home in Simalaha Community Conservancy in Zambia, a place he...
Climate Change, Community Development, Conservation, General, Herding 4 Health, Kavango Zambezi TFCA, Partnerships, Simalaha Community Conservancy
Building resilience to climate change in Zambia
19 Nov 2024
The reality Southern Africa is a largely rural landscape, where 75% of the land is classified as semi-arid or arid. As the climate in this region is affected by global shifts, over 45...
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Community, Community Development, Conservation, Kavango Zambezi TFCA, Partnerships, Simalaha Community Conservancy, Sioma Ngwezi National Park
Kavango Zambezi and beyond: how you can help protect bird life in flight
11 Jun 2024
The mighty Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) is the largest transboundary landscape in the world, and Peace Parks Foundation has been working with member states to support its development since 2004....
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Community, Community Development, Conservation, Herding 4 Health, Kavango Zambezi TFCA, Partnerships, Rewilding, Simalaha Community Conservancy, TFCAs, Tourism, Water security, Wetlands
The Wonders of Simalaha’s Wetlands
02 Feb 2024
Situated secretively within the expansive Kavango Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area, the Simalaha Community Conservancy is shaped, sustained and drained by a network of rivers flowing through the Kavango and Zambezi river basins....
