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Nature turning on the taps: New water scheme brings safe drinking water to 18,000 Malawians
The President of Malawi, His Excellency Dr. Lazarus Chakwera, today switched on the taps of a transformative community development project, the Nyika–Vwaza Gravity-Fed Piped Water Scheme. This brings safe drinking water for the first time to 18,000 people living in the vicinity of Nyika National Park and Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve. Over the next ten […]
In Conversation with Judge Twea
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 Trust. In this guiding role, Judge Twea brings a powerful voice to the protection of one of Malawi’s most vital landscapes. His […]
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 agricultural season in four decades, nine million people were affected and over five million faced hunger. Amid this crisis, farmers in Simalaha […]
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 specifically designated ecological corridors. Ecological corridors are natural routes that help animals move safely between protected areas. They play a vital role […]
When nature has tangible benefits for people, they will protect it
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 air and jobs in nature-based tourism. Yet these fruits of joint conservation efforts are not always immediately realised. With this in mind, […]
New horizons for the people of the land
Maputo National Park implements a remarkably successful community development programme in the Matutuíne district just south of the timeless city that is Maputo in Mozambique, southern Africa. Here, in a large cross-border protected landscape known as the Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area, lies the lush Maputo National Park where the Futi River slows down and becomes […]
Prosperity and peace meet in the Limpopo landscape
Peace Parks Foundation works in transboundary landscape restoration with a focus on rewilding protected areas whilst protecting and supporting the communities that live alongside national parks and wildlife reserves. In Mozambique, successful rewilding initiatives have been implemented along with numerous community development programmes to ensure peaceful co-existence. The Limpopo National Park Livelihoods Improvement Programme The […]
