Zambezi River Basin

Kavango-Zambezi TFCA

Liuwa Plain

ANGOLA

Kafue

Mavinga

ZAMBIA

Lake Kariba

Sioma Ngwezi

Central clusters Wildlife migration

Z a m b e z i

sa

Chizarira

Livingstone

Outliers clusters Wildlife migration routes

NAMIBIA

Ecoregions and protected areas

Chobe

ZIMBABWE

Hwange

Wetlands Game reserves Conservancy Forest reserve

Moremi

Nxai Pan

National park Wildlife management area

Makgadikgadi

BOTSWANA

Source: Conservation International, 2008; redrawn from World Bank, The Zambezi River Basin. A Multi-Sector Investment Opportunities Analysis, 2010.

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50 Km

Central Kalahari

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.

Kavango- Zambezi Trans Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA)

© P. Johnson, APG © Stefanie Van Der Vinden/Dreamstime.com

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

Trans Frontier conservation opens up wildlife migration routes.

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

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