Strategic Funding Partners

African Parks would like to like to thank each and every one of our funders for supporting our work to protect Africa's wildlife and remaining wild landscapes.

Our conservation progress would not be possible without the funding support we receive from Governments, multi-lateral institutions, conservation organisations, family foundations and individuals. We would like to thank our strategic partners for enabling us to make substantial and a long-term impact on wildlife conservation in Africa.

These donations have been critical in helping us accomplish our track record to date, through the implementation of effective management plans and conservation strategies year after year. This allows us to plan for the future, and to make a real impact. 

We are deeply grateful to a core group of funders who provide largely flexible, multi-year funding at significant levels. We also acknowledge several European and American strategic private funders who prefer to remain anonymous. Together, these strategic partners have helped us scale our efforts in protected area management across Africa with their incredibly generous and, mostly, unrestricted support.

  • Adessium Foundation
    Adessium has been a long-term supporter of African Parks. In 2025 they made a commitment to support the Rhino Rewild project, which will contribute substantially to us realising the goal of rewilding 2,000 southern white rhino to safe, well-managed protected areas across the continent. 
  • Allen Family Philanthropies
    Founded in 1988 by philanthropists Jody Allen and the late Paul G. Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, the foundation works to enhance the arts and culture experience, mobilise young people to drive change, and advance science and technology solutions that address wildlife conservation, ocean health, and climate change. The Foundation is supporting African Parks’ eDNA pilot, advancing the use of Molecular Ecological Network Analysis (MENA) to monitor changes in ecosystem structure, composition, function and intactness. This pioneering initiative helps assess the ecological integrity of protected areas, strengthening conservation decision-making and contributing to global biodiversity targets.
  • Anna McWane
    Anna has been a dedicated supporter of African Parks and a member of the African Parks Foundation of America Board since 2008. A lifelong animal enthusiast and competitive equestrian, she is deeply committed to protecting threatened species and preserving Africa’s wild landscapes. Anna is also a strong advocate for initiatives that support the well-being of communities living within and around the parks, reflecting her belief that lasting conservation success depends on both healthy ecosystems and thriving local communities.
  • Bel Group
    A family company and a major player in the food industry through portions of dairy, fruit and plant-based products, and one of the world leaders in branded cheeses. Their corporate mission is to provide everyone with healthier and more sustainable food. Bel is also committed to fighting climate change and is working towards reducing their net Greenhouse Gas emissions, including contributing towards increasing the capacities of carbon sinks through practices such as the preservation of ecosystems. As such, Bel is partnering with African Parks to fund the Chinko Conservation Area through the purchase of VCS carbon credits that were issued for the first time in 2023.
  • The Government of Benin
    The Government made a significant five-year commitment of US$6 million when President Patrice Talon invited African Parks to assume management of Pendjari National Park in the W-Arly-Pendjari (WAP) Complex that spans Benin, Burkina Faso, and Niger. The aim of the partnership is to preserve, manage, and develop this unique landscape. In addition, the Government of Benin has been instrumental in expanding our conservation footprint into W National Park through a funding commitment of US$6 million. Its contribution has been critical in attracting other private and institutional funding to support the management of Pendjari and Park W-Benin in Benin, which represents a significant portion of the largest intact wild ecosystem in West Africa.
  • The Dhanam Foundation
    A U.S. private foundation that supports nature and wildlife conservation efforts and various initiatives aimed at increasing opportunities to access quality education, including leadership, career development, and scholarship programs. The Foundation continues its commitment to African Parks by supporting the restoration of Siniaka Minia National Park in Chad and sustaining its support for the Bazaruto Archipelago National Park in Mozambique.
  • The Don Quixote Foundation
    The Don Quixote Foundation is a private philanthropic organisation that has been supporting African Parks since 2013. The Foundation has supported various parks across the African Parks portfolio and continues to provide significant multi-year commitments to help safeguard these extraordinary landscapes and protected areas in Africa. As a Strategic Partner, the Foundation’s continued support is invaluable in helping us achieve conservation at scale.
  • Donna and Marvin Schwartz
    Donna and Marvin are extraordinary advocates for conservation and wildlife protection, deeply committed to saving elephants and other large species threatened by poaching. Their partnership with African Parks began in 2012, and they have played a pivotal role in supporting anti-poaching efforts across Central and West Africa, including Garamba National Park in the DRC. Marvin serves on the board of the African Parks Foundation of America.
  • Edith McBean
    Edith is a long-time advocate for conservation with a deep passion for species protection and habitat preservation. She has dedicated over three decades to advancing these critical causes and has played a vital role in supporting African Parks since 2013. Her continued strategic partnership supports efforts to safeguard the Great Migration in South Sudan and support community development initiatives in the region. Edith serves on the board of the African Parks Foundation of America.
  • The Dutch Postcode Lottery
    The Lottery has been raising funds since 1989 to support organisations working towards a fairer and greener world. At least 40% of every ticket sold goes to charity. The Lottery has steadily grown to become the biggest charity lottery in the Netherlands, supporting 150 non-governmental organisations. Since its founding, the Lottery has dispensed over €8 billion. Over the last five years, African Parks has received €4.6 million in unrestricted funding.
  • The Elephant Crisis Fund (ECF)
    A joint initiative of Save the Elephants and the Wildlife Conservation Network, the ECF is a flexible and responsive fund that supports the best efforts by the most trusted organisations globally, working to secure a future for elephants in Africa. Since 2015, the ECF has not only contributed more than $7.6 million to African Parks, but also expertise on best practice in elephant conservation. This has benefitted critical surveillance, intelligence-based protection, and human-elephant conflict mitigation activities for some of our most threatened elephant populations.
  • The European Union (EU)
    The EU has been a crucial long-standing partner of African Parks, driving joint conservation and development goals in Central, East and West Africa. Since 2005, this partnership has fostered stability in fragile regions attracting additional funding and new partners. The EU’s support has been critical in managing large landscapes, enhancing safety and security for both people and wildlife, and creating opportunities in green sectors. Together, we remain committed to advancing our shared vision for a sustainable future.
  • Fentener van Vlissingen Family
    The late Paul Fentener van Vlissingen provided the bulk of the initial funding that established African Parks in 2000. In 2010, his daughters Alicia and Tannetta Fentener van Vlissingen committed €25 million to the African Parks Endowment Fund, in accordance with their father’s final wishes. Income from the Fund is earmarked, primarily, for African Parks’ overhead costs. During 2025, the Fund contributed €1.3 million to African Parks.
  • The Fondation des Savanes Ouest-Africaines (FSOA) or West African Savannah Foundation (WASF)
    The Foundation is a conservation trust fund promoting the preservation of protected areas of the WAP Complex, while advancing education, science, and local economic development. The Foundation was set up by the Benin Government and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), with financial contributions from the Benin Government, Global Environment Facility (GEF), and Financial German Cooperation (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau – KfW). The Foundation has been providing significant annual financial contributions towards management of Pendjari National Park since 2017. From 2019 to 2020, FSOA provided 85% of funding to implement a Priority Action Plan to secure W National Park, Benin. The Foundation also contributed significantly to the funding of the first three-month plan for the management of Park W-Benin by the African Parks mandate. Its larger vision is to create a sustainable source of funding and to support the synergy of activities within the W-Arly-Pendjari Complex.
  • Fondation Segré
    A Swiss foundation established in 1996, is committed to helping protect the biodiversity of our planet through active conservation of threatened species and their habitats, and restoration of degraded ecosystems. Fondation Segré became a strategic funding partner of African Parks in 2016 and has contributed over US$10 million to support a range of parks. In 2025, Fondation Segré funded African Parks in Ennedi Natural and Cultural Reserve in Chad and the Boma-Badingilo landscape in South Sudan.
  • Global Environment Facility (GEF)
    The GEF, through Conservation International, is a valued partner in strengthening the resilience and effective management of Iona National Park (Angola) and Odzala-Kokoua National Park (Republic of Congo). Its support advances climate adaptation, biodiversity protection and long-term sustainability, helping secure durable benefits for ecosystems and surrounding communities.
  • Good Energies Foundation
    A Swiss-based philanthropic organisation funding initiatives that work to reverse the impact of climate change in two key areas: access to clean energy and protection of tropical forests. Good Energies is part of Porticus, which manages the private philanthropic endeavours founded by the Brenninkmeijer family business owners with the aim to help create a just and sustainable future where human dignity flourishes. The partnership between Good Energies and African Parks revolves around harmonising forest conservation and community development in Chinko Conservation Area, Central African Republic.
  • The Hempel Foundation
    The Danish Hempel Foundation is the majority owner of the Hempel Group and a dedicated philanthropic organisation. The Foundation is committed to accelerating positive change by empowering children to learn, and by addressing the biodiversity crisis, focusing on three crucial areas: sustaining specific key biodiversity areas, the development of new sources of finance for biodiversity conservation, and strengthening collective efforts. The Hempel Foundation has supported African Parks since 2022, starting with Nyungwe National Park in Rwanda, followed by Boma-Badingilo in South Sudan in 2023 and Gambella National Park, Ethiopia, from 2024.
  • The Howard G. Buffett Foundation
    The Foundation views its resources as rare risk capital that can improve conditions and create change in the most difficult circumstances and geographies. Since 2014, the Foundation has supported a range of habitat and wildlife conservation projects, as well as operational and security improvements, at Rwanda’s Akagera National Park. The Foundation continues to support efforts to safeguard the flourishing rhino population at Akagera.
  • The Jeffrey M. Talpins Foundation
    The Jeffrey M. Talpins Foundation’s partnership with African Parks reflects Jeff and Mara Talpins’ enduring commitment to wildlife protection and conservation. Through their support of African Parks initiatives, the foundation helps advance large-scale animal migration corridors, safeguard critical landscapes, and promote rewilding efforts. Their philanthropy also extends to research that drives sustainable, science-based solutions, fostering meaningful and lasting outcomes for ecosystems and biodiversity.
  • Legacy Landscapes Fund (LLF)
    Legacy Landscapes Fund (LLF) is an international fund, established by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development as an independent charitable foundation under German law. Its financial resources stem from public and private sources. In addition to funding from the German Government through KfW Development Bank, NORAD and the French Agence Française de Developpement, each site needs to have a private match-funding partner. LLF addresses the biodiversity financing gap by sourcing significant and sustained long-term funding from both public and private donors, thus contributing to conserving biodiversity within a 30x30 framework under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Two protected areas managed by African Parks are among the pilot sites receiving funding from LLF: Odzala-Kokoua National Park in the Republic of Congo and Iona National Park in Angola.
  • The Lion Recovery Fund (LRF)
    An initiative operated and managed by the Wildlife Conservation Network, the LRF is a nimble and flexible fund investing in the most innovative and effective projects across Africa to recover lion and restore their landscapes. Since 2017, the LRF has contributed over US$6.7 million to African Parks. This funding has benefitted ten different African Parks sites, with a particular focus on several parks in West and Central Africa, given the extreme vulnerability of lion populations in these regions. The LRF has invested heavily in Chinko in the CAR, part of a vast 65,000 km² wilderness that has immense potential for lion recovery.
  • LGT Venture Philanthropy (LGT VP)
    LGT VP is an independent charitable foundation established in 2007 with teams in Switzerland, Sub-Saharan Africa, and India. The Foundation strives to improve the quality of life of people facing disadvantages, contribute to healthy ecosystems, and build resilient, inclusive and prosperous communities. The multi-year partnership with African Parks centres on advancing the urgent global mission of protecting 30% of the Earth by 2030 to prevent irreversible biodiversity loss, while simultaneously providing sustainable livelihoods to communities living in and around protected areas.
  • Mark and Kimbra Walter
    The Walter Family supports conservation of rare species and wild places by investing in wilderness areas. Their philanthropy focuses on securing contiguous areas and on restoring degraded areas back to healthy ecosystems which can host wildlife and sustainable enterprises. The Walters are pleased to partner with African Parks in order to improve the quality of life of individual animals and to bolster white rhino populations in Namibia.
  • Mike and Georgia Michelson
    Mike and Georgia were introduced to African Parks in 2024 and made a multiyear commitment to support our conservation efforts in South Sudan, helping to protect the Great Nile Migration and the region’s vast landscapes for the benefit of biodiversity and wildlife. Their generous support enables African Parks to expand our work in the region and collaborate with local communities on the sustainable management of their land and natural resources.
  • People’s Postcode Lottery
    Since 2015, African Parks has received more than £12.8 million, awarded by Postcode Planet Trust, thanks to players of People’s Postcode Lottery. This unrestricted funding is helping African Parks protect wildlife and habitats in conservation areas.
  • Pershing Square  Philanthropies (PSP)
    SP supports innovative leaders solving humanity’s big societal, environmental, and health challenges. PSP has committed support to African Parks’ Rhino Rewild initiative, aimed at rescuing and rewilding over 2,000 southern white rhino. This leadership support has strengthened operational capacity and security for long-term impact, helping to ensure the success of this historic conservation effort.
  • Rainforest Trust
    Rainforest Trust, a US-based Nonprofit, is dedicated to supporting the creation and expansion of protected and conserved areas worldwide. Focusing on regions critical for threatened biodiversity and large wilderness areas, Rainforest Trust, in partnership with donors, local NGOs, and communities, works to establish formal protection across an area of over 100 million acres. Rainforest Trust partnered with African Parks in a collaborative effort to bolster the legal framework of the conservation area to create Chinko National Park in the Central African Republic (CAR), an initiative that serves as a catalyst for broader regional conservation efforts. Building upon this success, Rainforest Trust has also partnered with African Parks to facilitate the restoration of Boma and Badingilo National Parks in South Sudan to safeguard the remarkable antelope migration.
  • Rathmann Family Foundation
    The Rathmann Family Foundation leverages the talents, experience, and passion of its members and communities by supporting individuals and organisations dedicated to making a meaningful impact. Since 2015, the Foundation has been a steadfast supporter of African Parks. Through its support of Rhino Rewild, the foundation is strengthening our efforts to rewild over 2,000 southern white rhino to well-managed protected areas across Africa.
  • Rob Walton Foundation (RWF)
    RWF supports ambitious projects, partners and programmes to foster a planet where people and nature thrive. With the passion of their founder, RWF works with urgency and an earnest belief that it will take all of us to reach global conservation goals, protect biodiversity, and create opportunity for communities. Rob Walton has been an invaluable partner to African Parks since 2003, providing support to safeguard the long-term health of protected areas. Through its sustained support, the Foundation has strengthened parks across our portfolio and helped catalyse additional matching grants. Moreover, RWF has made pivotal commitments to support the development of the African Parks Conservation Academy, advance the reach and effectiveness of the Incubation Programme, and help launch the Rhino Rewild effort. These efforts reflect the Foundation’s unwavering dedication to nurturing conservation leadership and building capacity for long-term impact.
  • Stichting African Horizon
    Stichting African Horizon’s mission is to support nature conservation and Protected Areas in Africa. The multi-year partnership with African Parks focuses on Bangweulu Wetlands in Zambia, and enables projects that safeguard the biodiversity of this unique landscape, and at the same time provide benefits to over 50,000 people living in the Wetlands, who are in urgent need of sustainable livelihoods.
  • Stichting Natura Africae
    A charitable foundation established in 2017 by Dutch entrepreneur Jan Verhagen, Natura Africae is dedicated to the conservation of national parks and protected areas in Africa, recognising the reciprocal relationship between the livelihoods of local communities and the successful conservation of an ecosystem’s wildlife. The Foundation provided €4 million in 2025 to towards park operations in Liuwa Plain, Odzala-Kokoua, Iona, Ennedi, and Matusadona, as well as institutional support. In addition, a special, catalytic grant was provided to launch a pilot Community Teacher Training Programme.
  • Thomas and Sara de Swardt
    Thomas and Sara are long-time supporters of African conservation, with a strong focus on protecting large landscapes and biodiversity hotspots. They have contributed to African Parks’ conservation efforts since 2018. In 2025, Thomas and Sara elevated their partnership through targeted support for the protection and restoration of Matusadona National Park in Zimbabwe, Thomas’ home country, including the planned reintroduction of black rhino to the landscape. As Strategic Partners, their continued commitment is instrumental in advancing the long-term resilience of this vital ecosystem.
  • The United States Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL)
    INL advances security, stability, and the rule of law, prerequisites for sustainable economic development and protection of natural resources. Since 2017, INL has partnered with African Parks on critical law enforcement support in protected areas, enhancing the professionalization and effectiveness of rangers across Africa. While standardized operational capacity transcends all protected areas under African Parks’ management, 10 protected areas have received direct support in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, the Republic of Congo, the Central Africa Republic, Benin, Malawi and Zambia. INL’s support has led to the development of leadership and core training infrastructure, enables air surveillance, improves the welfare of rangers and canines, enhances technology for communication, wildlife monitoring and information management and advances national and regional collaboration with other security and conservation partners. Evidence management training and support to judicial systems, have also contributed to notable increases in wildlife crime convictions. These interventions not only protect wildlife but also contribute to increased security of neighbouring communities and regional stability.
  • The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service operates to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats. Since its initial partnership with African Parks in 2013, USFWS has consistently provided support to bolster our conservation endeavors in key protected areas across central and western Africa. In 2025, USFWS supported the management and protection of Odzala-Kokoua (Republic of Congo) and Zakouma (Chad), as well as elephant conservation initiatives in Chinko (CAR), and Pendjari and W national parks in Benin.
  • World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
    WWF has been supporting African Parks since 2007, with the goal of promoting the African Parks management model across Africa. WWF Belgium became a strategic funding partner in 2017, supporting the Malawi parks and Liuwa Plain National Park in Zambia.
  • The Wyss Foundation
    The Wyss Foundation is a private charitable organisation dedicated to supporting innovative, lasting solutions that improve lives, empower communities and strengthen connections to the land. The Foundation’s partnership with African Parks began in 2015 and has focused on supporting the long-term restoration and management of protected areas. Through a series of transformative commitments, the Wyss Foundation has helped expand the African Parks portfolio by providing start-up funding for new protected areas. The Foundation has continued to support these parks from the early stages of their management and restoration as they progress toward long-term stability. This enduring partnership reflects the Foundation’s commitment to strengthening conservation capacity and safeguarding critical landscapes across Africa.

The success of African Parks’ management function is dependent on its host countries, their ministries, wildlife institutions and traditional authorities. Prioritising and strengthening these relationships are essential in gaining support and working together to achieve our common goal of protecting critical landscapes across Africa. The statutory role of our government partners is enshrined in our agreements, and their participation is guaranteed through approval of park business plans and budgets, as well as representation on each park’s board. We thank them all for the trust and confidence bestowed upon African Parks and their commitment to biodiversity conservation

  • The Government of Angola
    African Parks signed a long-term management agreement for Iona National Park with the Angolan Ministry of Environment (MINAMB) and the National Institute of Biodiversity and Conservation (INBC) in 2019. The MINAMB is the ministerial department responsible for the formulation, execution and control of the Executive’s policy regarding environmental protection. This includes the preservation and conservation of environmental quality, pollution control, terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity, conservation areas and enhancement of the natural heritage, as well as the preservation and rational use of renewable natural resources. The INBC was created to ensure the implementation of the Biodiversity Conservation Policy and management of the National System of Conservation Areas. Ms Ana Paula Chantre Luna de Carvalho is the current Minister of the MINAMB and Ms Albertina Nzuzi Matias is the current Director General of the INBC.
  • The Government of Benin
    The Government made a significant five-year commitment of US$6 million when President Patrice Talon invited African Parks to assume management of Pendjari National Park in the W-Arly-Pendjari (WAP) Complex that spans Benin, Burkina Faso, and Niger. The aim of the partnership is to conserve, manage, and develop this unique landscape. In addition, the Government of Benin has been instrumental in expanding our footprint into W Benin through a funding commitment of US$6 million. Its contribution has been critical in attracting other private and institutional funding to support the management of Pendjari and W national parks in Benin, which represent a significant portion of the largest intact wild ecosystem in West Africa.
  • Central African Republic (CAR)
    In 2014, African Parks received the mandate to manage Chinko in partnership with the Ministry of Water, Forestry, Hunting and Fishing, which retains primary responsibility for sustainable management of forest resources, commercial forestry operations and governance of national parks in the CAR. An updated and revitalised mandate for Chinko was further signed in April 2020 with the minister, Idriss Amit, who has been instrumental in supporting the growth of protected area management in the CAR.
  • The Republic of Chad
    The Republic of Chad is African Parks’ partner in the management of the Greater Zakouma Ecosystem – an extensive ecosystem that includes Zakouma National Park and Siniaka Minia Wildlife Reserve – as well as the Natural and Cultural Reserve of Ennedi and the Aouk Project. In 2010, under the advice of the European Union, the Chadian Government approached African Parks to assume management responsibility of Zakouma National Park, to help end the ongoing scourge of elephant poaching. The public-private management agreement was signed in June 2010, and in October African Parks commenced management of the park and its periphery. In 2017, a new 10-year agreement was signed for the development of the Functional Ecosystem of Zakouma, as well as a 15-year agreement for the creation, funding and management of the new Natural and Cultural Reserve of Ennedi. M. Mahamat Abdelkerim Hanno is the Minister of Environment, Fisheries and Sustainable Development (MEPDD) and M. Abderamane Chaibo is the Director of Wildlife
  • Ministry of Forest Economy, Sustainable Development and Environment
    The Ministry of Forest Economy executes national policy regarding sustainable development, forest economy, and the environment. In 2010, African Parks signed its first public-private management agreement with the ministry for Odzala-Kokoua National Park. In 2020, an amendment to the agreement was signed with the minister, Madame Rosalie Matondo, adding the Lossi Gorilla Sanctuary to the mandate, with Odzala-Kokoua-Lossi Foundation as the management entity. Under the ministry, African Parks works with the Congolese Agency for Wildlife and Protected Areas (ACFAP in French), which is represented by its Director General, Jean Bosco Nganongo.
  • Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN)
    DRC’s Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN) is a public entity housed under the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development tasked with the sustainable management of biodiversity in protected areas in the DRC, in cooperation with local communities and other partners. The ICCN oversees a natural and cultural heritage comprising nine national parks and a network of 80 reserves, covering over 13% of the country’s area. African Parks’ collaboration with the Institut began in Garamba National Park in 2005. The ICCN is currently led by Director General Milan Ngangay Yves.
  • Malawi Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW)
    African Parks’ longest-running partnership is with Malawi’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW), since the agreement for Majete Wildlife Reserve in 2003. DNPW manages and conserves wildlife resources and administers the Wildlife Policy and National Parks and Wildlife Act. In 2015, African Parks and the DNPW signed an agreement for Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve and Liwonde National Park, and in 2018 for Mangochi Forest Reserve. African Parks partnered with the Department of Forestry; all agreements were facilitated by the Public-Private Partnership Commission. Mr Brighton Kumchedwa is the current Director of the DNPW.
  • The Republic of Mozambique
    In December 2017, African Parks signed a 25-year co- management agreement with Mozambique’s National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC), to restore, develop and manage Bazaruto Archipelago National Park, and revitalise it to become one of the leading and most productive marine protected areas in East Africa. Celmira Frederico Pena da Silva is the current Director General of ANAC.
  • The Republic of Rwanda
    The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) is the government agency responsible for managing Rwanda’s national parks and protected areas. Its mission is to transform and develop Rwanda’s economy by enabling its private-sector growth. African Parks began its work with the RDB in Akagera National Park in 2010 and in Nyungwe National Park in 2020. In both agreements we recognise RDB CEO, Ms Clare Akamanzi, for her unwavering support of Akagera and Nyungwe.
  • The Republic of South Sudan
    In August 2022, the Government of South Sudan signed a 10-year renewable management agreement with African Parks for Boma and Badingilo National Parks, including the wildlife corridors and proposed extension zones in the broader landscape – an area extending over three million hectares. With this commitment, the South Sudanese Government has ensured the long-term protection of these vital ecosystems, to secure lasting benefits for people and wildlife. This partnership is made possible by the Ministry of Wildlife Conservation and Tourism (MWCT), through the South Sudan Wildlife Service (SSWS), the legal authority under the ministry responsible for management of wildlife and protected areas in South Sudan. His Excellency Rizik Zakaria Hassan is the Minister of the MWCT.
  • Zambian Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DPNW)
    The Zambian Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW), under the Ministry of Tourism, is focused on protecting and conserving Zambia’s wildlife estates while enhancing the quality of life among communities and maintaining healthy biodiversity. African Parks commenced its work with the DNPW in Liuwa Plain National Park in 2003 and in the Bangweulu Wetlands in 2008. Mr Dominic L. Chiinda is the Director of Department of National Parks and Wildlife.
  • The Barotse Royal Establishment (BRE)
    The BRE is recognised by the Zambian Government as an official community administrative entity in Western Province and, as such, is an essential partner in the Liuwa Plain project. His Majesty the Litunga Lubosi Imwiko II and the Limulunga Kuta (Parliament) played an instrumental role in assisting the Zambian Government to conclude an agreement with African Parks in 2003. Since then, the Litunga has maintained an active role in guiding the project through the participation of two BRE representatives on the Liuwa Board.
  • The Republic of Zimbabwe
    The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (PWMA) operates under the Parks and Wildlife Act [Chapter20:14] of 2001. The Authority manages about five million hectares of land – or 13% of Zimbabwe’s total land area. Mandated with the protection, management and administration of the wildlife of Zimbabwe, the Authority has a proud history of sound management that endeavours to preserve the unique flora and fauna heritage of Zimbabwe. African Parks signed a 20-year mandate with the PWMA for Matusadona National Park in 2019. Mr Fulton Mangwanya is the current Director General of the PWMA.

Other Partners

  • Americares
    Americares is a health-focused relief and development organization that saves lives and improves health for people affected by poverty or disaster. Each year, Americares reaches more than 90 countries, including the United States, with life-changing health programs, medicine and medical supplies. Americares is the world’s leading nonprofit provider of donated medicine and medical supplies.
  • The Hunger Project
    The Hunger Project works on ending hunger and poverty by pioneering sustainable, grassroots, women centered strategies and advocating for their widespread adoption in countries throughout the world. The Hunger Project currently reaches more than 17 million people in nearly 16.000 villages in Africa, Asia and Latin America. For more information about The Hunger Project visit www.thp.org and www.thehungerproject.nlis, alternatively click the above link to view the impact The Hunger Project is making around Majete Wildlife Reserve in Malawi.

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