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TRANSFRONTIER CONSERVATION AREA (KAZA TFCA)
Last week, the German Ambassador to Botswana and the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), Ms. Hellweg Margitt-Böette and her counterpart in Zambia, Ms. Anne Wagner-Mitchell visited some of the projects funded by the Federal Republic of Germany in the Kavango Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) in Botswana and Zambia from 23 – 24 May 2022.
Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) anti-poaching activities have received a major boost with the procurement of three patrol boats under a one-million-Euro Covid-19 Emergency Response Package from the Federal Republic of Germany to the Republic of Zimbabwe.
Darren Potgieter was born in Nelspruit, South Africa just south of Kruger National Park, where he developed a passion for wilderness and wildlife. He has 15 years of professional experience in protected area management, having worked in Angola, Botswana, Zambia, Chad, Mozambique, and the Central African Republic, among others.
Regional stakeholders have described the 30 March launch of the Lufthansa Group’s Eurowings Discover flight from Frankfurt via Windhoek in Namibia into Victoria Falls City Zimbabwe three times a week as a major boost for tourism in the region.
Among all the National Parks in the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA), Luengue-Luiana National Park has been one of the most depleted in wildlife due to the Angolan civil war that occurred between 1975 to 2002.
At approximately 520,000 square kilometers, the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) is the world’s largest terrestrial transfrontier conservation area. It occupies parts of the Okavango and Zambezi River basins across the five Partner States – Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Straddling the borders of five Southern African countries - Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe - the world largest terrestrial conservation area - Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) is a globally significant landscape where more than half of the remaining African savannah elephants share space with an estimated 2.5 million people.
This past weekend, Tsodilo village in northern Botswana was a hive of activities to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Tsodilo Hills World Heritage Site inscription.
Botswana Ministry of Environment, Natural Resource Conservation and Tourism and the Department of Wildlife and National Parks have been commended for the successful hosting the 19th African Wildlife Consultative Forum (AWCF) which took place from the 8th to the 12th of November at Cresta Mowana Safari Resort and Spa in Kasane.
The Federal Republic of Germany has been applauded for her longstanding regional support through the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) to the establishment and development of the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA).