Tourism Sector
Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCA) is defined as “the area or component of a large ecological region that comprise the boundaries
of two or more countries encompassing one or more protected areas and multiple resources-use areas”.
Angola
Botswana
DRC
Lesotho Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius Mozambique Namibia South Africa Swaziland
Tanzania
Zambia
Treaty signed
1 !Ai-!Ais Richtersveld TP
(Namibia/South Africa)
2 Kgalagadi TP
(Botswana/South Africa)
Kampala
4 Great Limpopo TP
Libreville
Nairobi
(Mozambique/South Africa/Zimbabwe)
MoU signed
3 Limpopo-Shashe TFCA
(Botswana/South Africa/Zimbabwe)
Kinshasa
Bujumbura
5 Lubombo TFCA
DRC
(Mozambique/South Africa/Swaziland)
Dodoma
6 Nakitu - Drakensberg TFCA
Dar es Salaam
(Lesotho/South Africa)
Luanda
7 Iona - Skeleton Coast TFCA
(Angola/Namibia)
11 Malawi - Zambia TFCA
Angola
(Malawi/Zambia)
14 Chimanimani TFCA
(Mozambique/Zimbabwe)
Lilongwe
Conceptual phase
Zambia
8 Liuwa Plain - Kameia TFCA
Malawi
(Angola/Zambia)
Lusaka
9 Kavango - Zambezi TFCA
Harare Mozambique
(Angola/Botswana/Namibia/Zambia/Zimbabwe)
Zimbabwe
10 Lower Zambezi - Mana Pools TFCA
(Zambia/Zimbabwe)
Namibia
12 Niassa - Selous TFCA
Madagascar
(Mozambique/Tanzania)
Botswana
13 Mnazi Bay - Quirimbas TFCMA
Windhoek
(Mozambique/Tanzania)
Gaborone
18 ZIMOZA TFCA
(Mozambique/Zambia/Zimbabwe)
Mbabane Maputo
Pretoria
Other
15 Kagera TFCA
Swaziland
(Rwanda/Tanzania/Uganda)
Maseru
16 Liwonde - Lichinga TFCA
Transfrontier Conservation
(Malawi/Mozambique)
Lesotho
17 Malombe Forest TFCA
Areas identified in SADC
(Angola/Congo/DRC)
South Africa
TP - Transfrontier Park
Cape Town
TFCA - Transfrontier Conservation Area
TFCMA - Transfrontier Conservation Marine Area
Mauritius
Name of TFCA
1. !Ai/!Ais-Richtersveld
Transfrontier Park
2. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Namibia and South Africa
3. Greater Mapungubwe TFCA
Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe
4. Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park
Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe
5. Lubombo TFCA
6. Maloti-Drakensberg TFCA
7. Iona-Skeleton Coast TFCA
8. Liuwa Plain-Kameia TFCA
9. Kavango-Zambezi TFCA
10. Lower Zambezi – Mana Pools TFCA
11. Malawi-Zambia TFCA (Nyika and
Kasungu/Lukusuzi)
12. Niassa – Selous TFCA
13. Mnazi Bay – Quirimbas TFCA
14. Chimanimani TFCA
15. Maiombe Forest TFCA
16. Kagera TFCA
17. ZIMOZA TFCA
Mozambique, South Africa and Swaziland
Lesotho and South Africa
Angola and Namibia
Angola and Zambia
Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Zambia and Zimbabwe
Status
MoU signed in 2001
Treaty signed 2003
Treaty signed in May 2000
MoU signed in 2006. Treaty to be
signed during the course of 2012
MoU signed in 2000
Treaty signed in 2002
Trilateral Protocol signed in 2000
MoU signed in 2001
MoU signed on 1 August 2003
Conceptual phase
Treaty signed in August 2011
Conceptual phase
Malawi and Zambia
MoU signed in 2004
Mozambique and Tanzania
Mozambique and Tanzania
Mozambique and Zimbabwe
Angola, Congo and DRC
Rwanda/Tanzania
Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Conceptual phase
Conceptual phase
MoU signed
Conceptual phase
Conceptual phase
Conceptual phase
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Executive Summary
Countries Involved
Zimbabwe
Botswana and South Africa