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Transfrontier Conservation Areas
The Southern African Development Community has created 14 Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) across country borders covering 1 Million Square Kilometers or 10% of the land in 11 of SADC's 16 countries.
The SADC TFCA program hopes to reconnect natural landscapes by improving transboundary conservation, supporting sustainable rural development and building climate change resilience in the region. The TFCA program is part of SADC's regional integration vision.
The TFCA Network
The SADC TFCA Network is a community of practice that brings together professionals working in Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) across a wide range of sectors contributing to SADC's regional sustainable rural development programme.
Recognising the shared challenges faced by TFCAs and aligned with the SADC TFCA vision, the Network was established on 25–26 September 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa, by TFCA coordinators, representatives from international NGOs, and practitioners from the SADC Member States.
The Network aims to address several key common challenges, including:
- Strengthening governance through improved policies, legislation, and institutional frameworks
- Developing sustainable financing mechanisms for TFCAs
- Demonstrating the value of TFCAs at local, national, and regional levels—for example, by enhancing community benefits and supporting capacity development.
Become a member of the TFCA Network and join a vibrant community of like-minded professionals. Click here to join now!
Upcoming events
Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP20)
24 November - 05 December 2025
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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Second Disaster Risk Reduction and TFCA's webinar
11 December 2025
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Visit a TransFrontier Conservation Area today
If you're interested in visiting one of the Transfrontier conservation areas, here are some great links to help you on your journey:
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News
Where Wilderness Connects: Exploring the Malawi-Zambia Transfrontier Conservation Area
Rorly Sherwen / 26 November 2025
Standing on the sweeping grasslands of the Nyika Plateau, with mist rolling across valleys and herds of roan antelope grazing in the distance, it’s easy to feel that you’ve stepped into a different world. This was just one of the highlights of a recent media tour through the Malawi-Zambia (MAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) – a journey that revealed a landscape where conservation, culture, and tourism are deeply intertwined.
SADC TFCA Webinar: SADC Economic Development Corridors and the Ecosystems - Water-Energy-Food (E-WEF) Nexus Approach
Steve Collins / 25 November 2025
We hosted our second to last Webinar of the year on Monday November 24th at 14:30 to 16:00 CAT.
Description:
SADC’s regional corridors are proposed as key drivers of trade, industrialization, and value chain integration — central to the SADC Vision 2050 and Africa’s broader agenda under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). As climate shocks intensify, the Ecosystems - Water-Energy-Food (E-WEF) Nexus offers an integrated framework to build resilience and promote sustainable growth along these corridors and in TFCAs. TFCA’s...
SADC Hosts Joint Consultative Workshop on the SADC Tourism Barometer and SADC Tourism Sustainability Framework
Rorly Sherwen / 25 November 2025
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) successfully hosted a Joint Stakeholders Consultative Workshop on the Tourism Barometer and the Tourism Sustainability Framework from 30–31 October 2025 at the Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. The workshop marked a significant milestone in advancing regional tourism monitoring, planning and policy development aligned with the SADC Tourism Programme (2020–2030) and the objectives of the SADC Protocol on Tourism Development.
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Visit a TransFrontier Conservation Area today
If you're interested in visiting one of the Transfrontier conservation areas, here are some great links to help you on your journey:
TOURISM in TFCAs
TOURISM in KAZA
The TFCA Network
The SADC TFCA Network is a community of practice that brings together professionals working in Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) across a wide range of sectors contributing to SADC's regional sustainable rural development programme.
Recognising the shared challenges faced by TFCAs and aligned with the SADC TFCA vision, the Network was established on 25–26 September 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa, by TFCA coordinators, representatives from international NGOs, and practitioners from the SADC Member States.
The Network aims to address several key common challenges, including:
- Strengthening governance through improved policies, legislation, and institutional frameworks
- Developing sustainable financing mechanisms for TFCAs
- Demonstrating the value of TFCAs at local, national, and regional levels—for example, by enhancing community benefits and supporting capacity development.
Become a member of the TFCA Network and join a vibrant community of like-minded professionals. Click here to join now!
News
Where Wilderness Connects: Exploring the Malawi-Zambia Transfrontier Conservation Area
Rorly Sherwen / 26 November 2025
Standing on the sweeping grasslands of the Nyika Plateau, with mist rolling across valleys and herds of roan antelope grazing in the distance, it’s easy to feel that you’ve stepped into a different world. This was just one of the highlights of a recent media tour through the Malawi-Zambia (MAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) – a journey that revealed a landscape where conservation, culture, and tourism are deeply intertwined.
SADC TFCA Webinar: SADC Economic Development Corridors and the Ecosystems - Water-Energy-Food (E-WEF) Nexus Approach
Steve Collins / 25 November 2025
We hosted our second to last Webinar of the year on Monday November 24th at 14:30 to 16:00 CAT.
Description:
SADC’s regional corridors are proposed as key drivers of trade, industrialization, and value chain integration — central to the SADC Vision 2050 and Africa’s broader agenda under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). As climate shocks intensify, the Ecosystems - Water-Energy-Food (E-WEF) Nexus offers an integrated framework to build resilience and promote sustainable growth along these corridors and in TFCAs. TFCA’s...
SADC Hosts Joint Consultative Workshop on the SADC Tourism Barometer and SADC Tourism Sustainability Framework
Rorly Sherwen / 25 November 2025
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) successfully hosted a Joint Stakeholders Consultative Workshop on the Tourism Barometer and the Tourism Sustainability Framework from 30–31 October 2025 at the Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. The workshop marked a significant milestone in advancing regional tourism monitoring, planning and policy development aligned with the SADC Tourism Programme (2020–2030) and the objectives of the SADC Protocol on Tourism Development.
More news
Upcoming events
Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP20)
24 November - 05 December 2025
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
More
Second Disaster Risk Reduction and TFCA's webinar
11 December 2025
Zoom
More
Recently added to the Repository
BEYOND TOURISM: ASSESSING THE VIABILITY OF COMMUNITY-BASED NATURAL RESOURCE ENTERPRISES IN AFRICA
Community development
Tools
The aim was to assess the long term financial, social and ecological viability of community-based enterprises, beyond tourism and hunting, and to develop decision support tools to enable their proactive evaluation.
More
AFRICAN LEADERS GABORONE DECLARATION ON BIODIVERSITY
Conservation
Policy documents
On 2nd to 5th November the African Union and Government of Botswana convened the First African Biodiversity Summit and Conference of the Parties to the Maputo 2003 Convention on African Biodiversity in Gaborone. This is the Declaration agreed by the...
More
Madagascar Ministers reaffirm commitment towards the establishment of a marine TFCA
Meeting Report
Meeting Report
Southern African Development Community (SADC) Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANR) Directorate is, through the support of the Joint Action NaturAfrica/Climate Resilience and Natural Resource Management (C-NRM) Programme - a partnership programme between Southern African Development Community (SADC), the European...
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