Success Stories

Botswana’s Department of Wildlife National Parks (DWNP) recently conducted an intensive practical training of 74 staff members to enhance and strengthen law enforcement capacity through use of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)’s Monitoring of the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) programme tools.

From 19 to 22 November 2024, the Kavango Zambezi Trans Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) undertook an intensive regional brand activation roadshow, marking a crucial step in implementing its new “Rivers of Life” destination brand, which was launched on 29 May 2024, by the Ministers responsible for KAZA TFCA during a landmark event at the KAZA Heads of State Summit in Livingstone, Zambia.

This week, Kasane, Botswana, proudly welcomed 100 participants and additional virtual attendees from across the SADC region to the SADC Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) Network Annual Meeting, held from 19-21 November 2024.

The Kavango Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) today launched its transformative new destination brand, “Rivers of Life,” during a …

The Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) in collaboration with the Barotse Royal Establishment (BRE), Peace Parks Foundation and WWF Zambia, have entered into a unique agreement to co-manage the Sioma Ngwezi Management Complex

The Kavango Zambezi Trans Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) Secretariat together with the Republics of Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, hosted three concurrent regional and international tour operator familiarisation trips during the period 14 – 21 September. The trips ended with a convergence event during which tourism businesses

The Kavango Zambezi Trans Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) Secretariat together with four of the five Partner States, the Republics of Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, supported the “ASA goes KAZA” German outbound tour operator and travel agent familiarization tour which took place from 30 May – 7 June 2023.

A short documentary film on the Kavango Zambezi (KAZA) Trans Frontier Conservation Area (TFCA) won a silver award under the wildlife and conservation category at the 2023 International Tourism Film Festival Africa held at the Peninsula All Suite Hotel on Friday the 5th of May in Cape Town, South Africa

Yesterday, 12 companies from the tourism sector in Botswana and Namibia launched the first learning energy efficiency network to reduce energy consumption and CO₂ emissions in the KAZA region. These companies will be supported by the implementing partners comprising the KAZA Secretariat, Botswana Tourism Organization, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism…

The Kavango Zambezi Trans Frontier Conservation Area ( KAZA TFCA) Secretariat is working with Partner States, comprising the Republics of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, to develop a tourism destination brand and corporate identity for the TFCA. A South African tourism consulting firm, “the Journey”, has been commissioned to lead the initiative.

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.