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Kavango- Zambezi Trans Frontier
Conservation Area (KAZA)
In December 2006, the governments of Angola,
Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe
signed an MOU establishing the KAZA TFCA.
The TFCA covers an area of 287 000 square
kilometres and stretches from the Khaudum
National Park in Namibia in the west to Lake
Kariba in Zimbabwe in the east (SARDC 2010).
Thirty-six protected areas including national
parks, game reserves, community conservancies
and game management areas are included in
the TFCA. One of the main objectives of the
TFCA is to merge fragmented wildlife habitats
into an interconnected mosaic of protected
areas and transboundary wildlife corridors,
which will facilitate and enhance the free
movement of animals across international
boundaries. The area also boasts of numerous
attractions such as the Victoria Falls on the
Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe,
the San rock paintings in Botswana, and a large
wildlife population (SARDC 2010). The area
includes at least 3 000 species of plants, 100 of
which are endemic to the sub-region, as well as
more than 600 bird species. The Caprivi Strip in
Namibia provides migration routes for wildlife
from Botswana into Angola and Zambia
ZIMOZA Trans Frontier Conservation Area
The tourism authorities of Zimbabwe,
Mozambique and Zambia reached an
agreement in 2009 to establish the ZIMOZA
cross-border conservation area. The joint
venture by the tourism authorities covers the
management of the cultural heritage of local
communities, hunting and fishing, and wildlife
conservation (ZELA 2009). The conservation
area covers much of the area where the borders
of the three countries meet and includes Lake
Cahora Bassa in Mozambique.
The Selous-Niassa Trans Frontier
Conservation Area
Tanzania and Mozambique are planning a TFCA
that would protect an extensive migration
Lake
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Makgadikgadi
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Plain
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Central Kalahari
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ANGOLA
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Source: Conservation International, 2008;
redrawn from World Bank, The Zambezi
River Basin. A Multi-Sector Investment
Opportunities Analysis, 2010.
Wetlands
Game reserves
Conservancy
Forest reserve
National park
Wildlife management area
Central clusters
Wildlife migration
Ecoregions and
protected areas
Outliers clusters
Wildlife migration routes
Kavango-Zambezi
TFCA
Figure 3.2
The Kavango–Zambezi Trans Frontier Conservation Area covers 36 protected areas, and merges fragmented wildlife habitats. The arrows on the
map show some of the wildlife migration routes.
Trans Frontier conservation
opens up wildlife migration
routes.
© P. Johnson, APG
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