Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area

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Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area
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Location
Coordinates18°00′S 23°00′E / 18.00°S 23.00°E / -18.00; 23.00Coordinates: 18°00′S 23°00′E / 18.00°S 23.00°E / -18.00; 23.00
Area519,912 km2 (200,739 sq mi)
Established2011
Websitewww.kavangozambezi.org

Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) was a conservation proposal for a region of Southern Africa where the international borders of five countries converge. It was to include a major part of the Upper Zambezi River and Okavango basins and Delta, the Caprivi Strip of Namibia, the southeastern part of Angola, southwestern Zambia, the northern wildlands of Botswana and western Zimbabwe. The centre of this area is at the confluence of the Zambezi and Chobe Rivers where the borders of Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe meet. It would have incorporated Chobe National Park, Hwange National Park, and the Victoria Falls.

History[]

The idea was initiated by the Peace Parks Foundation and the World Wide Fund for Nature. It was inspired by the and the . In 2003 the ministers responsible for tourism in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe met in Katima Mulilo, Namibia about the project.[1] In 2006 the Southern African Development Community (SADC) endorsed the KAZA TFCA as a SADC project, and later in 2006 the five partner countries signed a memorandum of understanding at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.[1]

Lions were studied throughout the area in 2014.[2] In November 2014, the governments of Zambia and Zimbabwe introduced a common KAZA visa.[3]

Components[]

The Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, along with several wildlife management and hunting blocks, would have comprised the following protected areas:

in Zambia:

in Namibia:

in Botswana:

in Zimbabwe:

in Angola:

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Kavango Zambezi Park Development". Peace Parks Foundation. Retrieved 2010-09-07.
  2. ^ Elliot, N.B., Cushman, S.A., Macdonald, D.W. and Loveridge, A.J. (2014). "The devil is in the dispersers: predictions of landscape connectivity change with demography". Journal of Applied Ecology. 51 (5): 1169–1178. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12282.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. ^ "KAZA Visa for Zambia and Zimbabwe". Archived from the original on 2017-07-21. Retrieved 2017-07-12.

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