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From building fences to protecting wildlife: Kingsley Kwalyambumu‘s journey in Simalaha
In 2012, Kingsley Kwalyambumu earned a living as a casual labourer, helping build a fence in Zambia’s Simalaha Community Conservancy. While working on the fence, Kingsley encountered Simalaha’s community scouts and began learning more about their work of protecting wildlife and supporting communities living alongside it. Today, Kingsley serves as a Wildlife Police Officer with […]
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 […]
In Conversation with Rachael Sinyama
Peace Parks Foundation’s Site Operations Manager for the Kafue Zambezi Community Forest Project Rachael Kuliwa Sinyama leads the Kafue Zambezi Community Forest Project and other REDD+ initiatives in Zambia’s Western Province. She acts as a bridge between the Government of Zambia, BioCarbon Partners, the Barotse Royal Establishment, local communities and Peace Parks Foundation. In her […]
Historic 20-year multi-party partnership agreement to restore and protect the Sioma Ngwezi landscape in Zambia
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 the Sioma Ngwezi Management Complex for the next twenty years. The involvement of Indigenous Peoples in the management of ancestral territories reflects […]
Using fabric furs to protect wild cats in Zambia
Panthera, the global wild cat conservation organization, and the Barotse Royal Establishment of the Lozi People in partnership with Peace Parks Foundation and Cartier have launched the Saving Spots project – an innovative and culturally-sensitive conservation initiative that seeks to protect declining wild cat populations using synthetic leopard, serval and lion furs, known as ‘Heritage Furs’.
