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Banhine National Park, Conservation
A Hidden Jewel in Mozambique: The story of Banhine National Park where wilderness breathes
02 February 2025
Deep in the heart of Mozambique’s Gaza province lies Banhine National Park, a remote and untamed wilderness shaped by the rhythm of seasonal floods and shifting sands. This vast landscape, named after its inland delta, is a sanctuary where water, wildlife, and people are intricately connected. As the rains arrive, the park’s shimmering wetlands stretch […]
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An end-of-year message from our CEO
13 Dec 2024
The development of alliances at all levels is at the core of how we are accelerating impact towards our 2050 vision of securing 980 000 km2 of functioning transboundary landscapes in southern Africa...
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...
Conservation, Great Limpopo TFCA, Mozambique, Partnerships, Wildlife Crime, Zinave National Park
The story of a lion rescue in Zinave National Park
28 Nov 2024
Rangers in Mozambique’s Zinave National Park were excited by signs of a new lion in the sanctuary. Their first sighting, however, of an extremely skinny young male, galvanised them into action. The lion...
Maputo National Park, Maputo Special Reserve, Mozambique, Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve
Fisheries for the future
21 Nov 2024
Maputo National Park was proclaimed in 2021 after the merging of Maputo Special Reserve and Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve. One of Earth’s most biologically rich and endangered ecoregions, it is a...
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, Conservation, Partnerships, TFCAs, Transboundary Landscapes
Partners4Nature
13 Nov 2024
Peace Parks Foundation set out on a mission that has become one of Africa’s largest nature conservation initiatives. But we cannot do it alone. The vistas are too vast, the challenges too real,...