Partners

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, in the Bangweulu Wetlands in 2008, and in Kafue National Park 2022. Mr Dominic L. Chiinda is the Director of the DPNW.

The Community Resources Boards (CRBs) are the principal community partners in the management of Bangweulu Wetlands. The six Resource Boards are composed of democratically elected community members from Village Action Groups in the six Chiefdoms of Bangweulu. These community members represent the wider community of the wetland and ensure that key stakeholders are directly involved in management of the area.

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.