This is the 2023 Annual Meeting of the SADC TFCA Network. The meeting will be in Maputo form 14th to 17th November 2023.
This is the 2023 Annual Meeting of the SADC TFCA Network. The meeting will be in Maputo form 14th to 17th November 2023.
SADC Secretriat kindly invites you to the Consultative Meeting on the Review of SADC Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) Programme (2013) – Virtually, from 1st t 2nd February 2023, and please find attached the agenda of the meeting and ToR of the assignment.
SADC Secretariat, in collaboratin with various partners is convening the next hybrid annual SADC TFCA Network on 26-28 September 2022 at the Premier Roodevalley Hotel in Pretoria, South Africa.
Please submit your request to join the 2022 SADC TFCAs Annual Meeting online!
The meeting will take place from 16 to 29 September 2022, and only people who have registered will receive the link to join the meeting on the Zoom platform.
The SADC TFCA Network took place from 12-13 October 2021. The TFCA Network meeting was devided over two mornings and open to all TFCA Network member from across the SADC region and beyond.
IUCN ESARO will be hosting a series of virtual Question and Answer sessions to all organisations that are interested in submitting project concepts for funding by the SADC TFCA Financing Facility under the June Call for Concepts. The Q&A sessions p
Entering the Next Level of Biodiversity Conservation
Wednesday, May 19th, 2021
4.30 p.m. CEST (duration one hour, Q&A for the press afterwards)
Date: Jan. 29th 2021 14:00 – 16:00 EAT, 13:00-15:00 SAT
Platform: TEAMs, a link will be shared with participants prior to the webinar.
Moderator: tbc
Experts:
Chair: Ms Aruna Seepersadh, Director: Transfrontier Conservation Areas Unit, DEFF, South Africa
This session will delve into the importance of the 2002 Maputo Convention on Natural Resources for SADC TFCAs and introduce the concepts of Key Biodiversity Areas and OECMs to charter a more sustainable path for natural resource management at national and regional scales.
Chair: Prof. Patience Gandiwa, Executive Technical Advisor: Conventions and TFCAs, Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Authority
Moderator: Ms. Candice Stevens, Head: Innovative Funding and Policy, Wilderness Foundation
Pannelists:
Chair: Mr. Piet Theron, International Coordinator, GLTFCA
Moderator: Ms Netsai Bollmann, Regional Senior Tourism Expert / Team Leader, AFC/GOPA, on behalf of SADC/GIZ Transboundary Use and Protection of Natural Resources
Chair: Mr Roland Vorwerk, Marketing Manager, Boundless Southern Africa
Moderator: Mr. Steve Collins, Livelihoods and Adaptation Advisor, USAID Resilient Waters
Experts:
Chair: Ms. Sibongile Mavimbela, Senior Programme Officer (SPO) Environment and Climate Change, SADC Secreteriat
Moderator: Mr. Hlatshwayo Motseki, Technical Advisor Fisheries, SADC Secreteriat
Expert:
Chair: Ms Naambo Josephine Iipinge, TFCA Coordinator, MET, Namibia
Moderator: Mr Simon Munthali, Chief Technical Advisor, USAID VukaNow
Experts:
Chair: Mr Cornelio Miguel, TFCA Coordinator, Mozambique
Moderators: Prof. Dr. Edson Gandiwa, Dean, School of Wildlife, Ecology and Conservation, Chinhoyi University of Technology & Mr Micheal Murphree, Khetha Program Manager, WWF South Africa
Moderator: Dr. Clara Bocchino, SADC TFCA Network Coordinator
Moderators: Ms. Doreen Robinson, Chief of Wildlife, UNEP & Mr. Kule Chitepo, Chief Partnership Advisor, USAID Resilient Waters Programme
Experts:
Moderator: Ms. Lisa Blanken, TFCA Network Advisor, SADC/GIZ Transboundary Use and Protection of Natural Resources Programme
Moderator: Dr. Nyambe Nyambe, Executive Director, KAZA TFCA
Experts:
Chair: Ms. Deborah Kahatano, Senior Programme Officer (SPO) Natural Resource Management and Wildlife, SADC Secretariat
Operated by the private sector, the trail is a ground-breaking and entirely unique cross-border event that combines the best walking experience in Kruger National Park with a full day traditional cultural celebration in remote south eastern Zimbabwe, part of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area.
Cycling through desert landscapes under a full moon. The /Ai/Ais-Richtersveld Transfrontier Park is a unique environment for adventure sports activities, having beautiful mountainous scenery, a remote wilderness character and the presence of a major river within a desert environment.