Zambezi River Basin

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

Kariba

Livingstone

Makgadikgadi

Nxai

Pan

Kafue

Chobe

Hwange

Moremi

Mavinga

Sioma

Ngwezi

Liuwa

Plain

Chizarira

Central Kalahari

ZAMBIA

ANGOLA

BOTSWANA

NAMIBIA

ZIMBABWE

50 Km

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.