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2011-11-07 Southern African Peace Parks - an African success story.
Southern African Peace Parks
The
establishment and development of peace parks is a dynamic, exciting and
multi-faceted approach to jointly manage natural resources across political
boundaries. It is an exemplary process of partnerships between governments and
the private sector - an African success story that will ensure peace,
prosperity and stability for generations to come.
By
its very nature it is a process led by governments and supported by
organisations such as Peace Parks Foundation. Peace parks are about
co-existence between humans and nature, about promoting regional peace and
stability, conserving biodiversity and stimulating job creation by developing
nature conservation as a land-use option.
Ai/Ais - Richtersveld
Kgalagadi
Greater Mapungubwe
Maloti-Drakensberg
Great Limpopo
Lubombo
Malawi/Zambia
Kavango/Zambezi
Lower Zambezi - Mana Pools
Liuwa Plains - Mussuma
Peace parks are
also known as transfrontier conservation areas (TFCAs). The Southern African Development Community(SADC) Protocol
on Wildlife Conservation and Law Enforcement of 1999 defines a TFCA as
"the area or component of a large ecological region that straddles the
boundaries of two or more countries, encompassing one or more protected areas
as well as multiple resource use areas". The Protocol commits the SADC
Member States to promote the conservation of shared wildlife resources through
the establishment of transfrontier conservation areas.
The successes
thus far have been thanks to the vision of the SADC political leaders and the
dedication of the many government officials, international coordinators,
programme managers and field staff, as well as the tremendous support of the
donor community. Thanks to our combined efforts, peace parks are becoming a
reality that will benefit generations to come.
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