OUR WORK
COMMITMENT
The formalisation of the TFCA signifies the mutual resolve of the two governments to advance a partnership that enables better management of shared resources and the associated challenges through a regionally integrated approach as defined by the SADC TFCA framework. It highlights a critical need for cooperation to protect unique ecosystems and to cultivate a robust, sustainable wildlife economy across a landscape unfettered by national boundaries.
Spread across 18,515 km² of the Zambezi River basin below Lake Kariba, the TFCA embraces core conservation territories including the Lower Zambezi National Park in Zambia and Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe, in addition to a mosaic of game and safari management areas, communal land and conservancies.
WORLD HERITAGE SITE
Mana Pools is a World Heritage Site based on its wildness and beauty, together with a wide range of large mammals, birds and aquatic wildlife. Mana means ‘four’ in the local Shona language and refers to four large pools inland from the Zambezi River. These pools, designated as a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance in 2013, are the remnant ox-bow lakes that the River had carved out thousands of years ago as it changed its course. Hippo, crocodile and a wide variety of aquatic birds are associated with the pools.
