Lower Zambezi-Mana Pools

ABOUT LOWER ZAMBEZI - MANA POOLS

A massive wildlife sanctuary straddling a mighty river

This transfrontier conservation area lies in the Zambezi Valley, which since the dawn of time has been used by wildlife as a thoroughfare between the escarpment and the Zambezi River.

CONSERVATION AREA

Measuring 17 745km², the Lower Zambezi-Mana Pools TFCA is composed of the Lower Zambezi National Park (4,092 km²) in Zambia, and the Mana Pools National Park in northern Zimbabwe (2,196 km²).

Transfrontier Conservation Area

Transfrontier Conservation Area

National Park

National Park

Protected Area

Protected Area

Country Border

Country Border

CONSERVATION AREA FULLSCREEN

OUR WORK

COMMITMENT


Although this Transfrontier Conservation Area is currently still in a conceptual phase, Peace Parks Foundation played a key role in preparing all supporting documentation, preparatory work and a draft memorandum of understanding (MoU) that have been finalised and presented to the governments of Zimbabwe and Zambia so as to formalise the TFCA.


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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.

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