The Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA), the largest transboundary conservation area in the world, spans parts of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Over 10% of Africa’s giraffe reside within the KAZA TFCA, more specifically the southern giraffe (Giraffa giraffa) with its two subspecies Angolan giraffe (G. g. angolensis) and South African giraffe (G. g. giraffa). The KAZA TFCA’s conservation leadership bears the responsibility for this species’ fate in the region.
In collaboration with the KAZA Secretariat and all five Partner States, the Giraffe Conservation Foundation team developed a Giraffe Conservation Strategy for this vast landscape. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in 2019 between the Giraffe Conservation Foundation and the KAZA TFCA Secretariat laid the foundation for initiating this process.
During an inspiring online workshop in June 2021, representatives from all Partner States, the KAZA Secretariat, civil society, and the Giraffe Conservation Foundation came together, to create a joint plan for protecting this iconic species.
The KAZA TFCA Giraffe Conservation Strategy was, approved by all Partner States and marks the first-ever Regional Giraffe Conservation Strategy. With the official endorsement of the strategy, the practical work of securing a future for giraffe in the KAZA TFCA has commenced.
