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His Majesty the Litunga joins Peace Parks Foundation Board
28 April 2026
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 Directors. The Foundation is deeply honoured to welcome His Majesty, whose leadership in western Zambia has placed the protection of land and […]
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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...
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, General, Lower Zambezi - Mana Pools TFCA, Malawi Zambia TFCA, Nyika National Park, Partnerships, Rewilding, Sioma Ngwezi National Park, TFCAs, Tourism, Transboundary Landscapes, Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve
Peace Parks’ Partnership Pacts to Protect Biodiversity
22 May 2024
Historic. Ambitious. A win for the planet. Those were the words used in 2022 to describe the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, an ambitious pact signed by 198 countries to protect, restore and live in harmony with...
Biodiversity, Community, Community Development, Conservation, Kavango Zambezi TFCA, Partnerships, Sioma Ngwezi National Park, TFCAs, Transboundary Landscapes
Historic 20-year multi-party partnership agreement to restore and protect the Sioma Ngwezi landscape in Zambia
28 Mar 2024
Livingstone, 27/03/2024 – The Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) in collaboration with the Barotse Royal Establishment (BRE), Peace Parks Foundation and WWF Zambia, have entered into a unique agreement to co-manage...
Community, Community Development, Conservation, Kavango Zambezi TFCA, Partnerships, Simalaha Community Conservancy, Sioma Ngwezi National Park, TFCAs
Peace Parks Foundation pays tribute to the late Senior Chief Inyambo Yeta of the Sisheke Chiefdom, Zambia
21 Jul 2023
Exemplary leader, visionary and ambassador for conservation.
Kavango Zambezi TFCA, Sioma Ngwezi National Park, Wildlife Crime
Creating safe havens for pangolins
20 Feb 2021
As we commemorate the 10th Annual World Pangolin Day on 20 February 2021, we are reminded of the plight of these uniquely beautiful scaly anteaters. As a result of being relentlessly poached for...
