Uganda’s conservancies are at an early and critical stage of development. Umoja is a new umbrella organization that is working to mobilize, strengthen, and empower community and private conservancies. Different from the Uganda government’s approach to community conservation, Umoja is promoting a bottom-up approach - where conservancies directly plan for, manage, and benefit from wildlife on their land. Learn from this new organization that is building the conservancy movement from scratch.

The Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area is the second-largest landscape level conservation area in the world, spanning the international borders of five Southern Africa countries. It has the ambitious plan to sustainably manage the Kavango Zambezi ecosystem, its heritage and cultural resources based on best conservation and tourism models for the socio-economic wellbeing of the communities and other stakeholders through harmonization of policies, strategy and practice. It’s success depends upon a vast array of actors. Maliasili will showcase how its partners working in all 5 KAZA countries are contributing towards KAZA’s ambitious plans.

Mozambique’s CBNRM story is complex, with many lessons to learn from. The potential for successful community conservation is on the horizon, especially now that there is favorable legislation in place as well as more emphasis on securing community land rights and some legal rights for communities to benefit from their natural resources. ReGeCom was established to navigate these challenges and find best practice approaches by bringing together an alliance of actors who are all seeking to bring communities in the center of the country's conservation mission.

Learn how Honeyguide helped one community conservation area increase its revenue 980% in just three years. Find out how they plan to work across 2,000,000 hectares of community lands across Tanzania. And get a glimpse into the assessment and management tools they use to support the wildlife management areas they work with.

We heard from four grassroots conservation leaders who are championing new, innovative, and successful community-led conservation efforts across Africa. Watch the webinar and learn key insights on why community-led conservation in Africa is working.

Get a better understanding of what makes a good strategy, the common pitfalls to avoid, and hear first-hand from those who’ve seen great benefits from having a clear and focused strategy. Included are 3 helpful resources for you to continue to learn and engage.

This webinar provides an opportunity to hear updates from the field from a group of African conservation leaders and learn from their efforts in different countries and landscapes. It provides a review of the impacts of the pandemic, but also highlights new solutions and opportunities emerging from the response.