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Zambezi River Basin transfrontier conservation areas
Protected area
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Trans frontier conservation area
Source: Peace Parks Foundation 2011. Kavango ZambeziTrans Frontier Conservation Area, retrieved 16 Nov 2011. GlobalTransboundary Conservation Network 2011.
The Zambezi basin has several large transboundary
protected areas where two or more countries
participate in managing shared natural resources.
The creation of Trans Frontier Conservation
Areas (TFCAs) in the basin is regarded as one of
the anchors for regional economic integration,
socio-economic development and poverty
reduction through multi-destination and cross-
border tourism (SADC and SARDC 2008). The
TFCAs in the Zambezi basin are at different
stages of development with some Memoranda
of Understanding (MOU) signed to facilitate
their establishment while other conservation
agreements still at the conceptual phase.
Among those with MOUs in the Zambezi River
Basin are Kavango-Zambezi TFCA, covering
Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and
Zimbabwe and the Malawi-Zambia TFCA. Those
still at conceptual phase include the ZIMOZA
covering areas in Zimbabwe, Mozambique
and Zambia; the Selous-Niassa TFCA, covering
parts of Mozambique and Tanzania; the Lower
Zambezi-Mana Pools between Zambia and
Zimbabwe; and the Liuwa Plain-Kameia TFCA
which includes areas in Angola and Zambia.
Figure 3.1
Vultures sitting on the bank of the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana. The Chobe National Park is part
of the Kavango Zambezi Trans Frontier Conservation Area.
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