Title:

Elephant movements and connectivity in the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Area (KAZA TFCA)

Publication Year:
2023
Abstract:

The Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) is home to the largest population of elephants in the world. In 2011, the KAZA Partner States signed the KAZA Treaty and therein committed to the following among other objectives: 1. Maintain and manage the shared Natural and Cultural Heritage Resources and biodiversity of the KAZA TFCA to support healthy and viable populations of wildlife species; 2. Promote and facilitate the development of a complementary network of Protected Areas within the KAZA TFCA linked through corridors to safeguard the welfare and continued existence of migratory wildlife species; and 3. Promote fundamental and applied scientific and multi-disciplinary research in order to increase the knowledge base for the KAZA TFCA (KAZA Treaty, 2011). In 2019, a Strategic Planning Framework for the Conservation and Management of Elephants in the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area was developed and endorsed by the partner states, with the following vision: "KAZA's elephants, the largest viable and contiguous population in Africa, are conserved to the benefit of people and nature within a diverse and productive landscape".

Publisher:
KAZA Elephant Sub Working Group
Item Type:
Report
Language:
en