Production and conservation in partnership in southern Africa - RP-PCP

How can the sustainable development of rural populations be combined with biodiversity conservation in zones of substantial interaction between people and nature?

The Trans-Frontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) in southern Africa are complex socio-ecosystems in which African savannahs are shared between traditional agricultural activities and African wildlife. For farming systems already fragile as a result of climatic, economic and political constraints, the interactions between people and the environment are often fraught with conflict (crop destruction by elephants, or poaching). Research helps to manage these conflicts and to promote the sustainable use of natural resources by encouraging farming practices that respect the environment and biodiversity.

Partnership

France

Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS): Institut de l’écologie et de l’environnement
French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD)
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) (associate partner)

Zambia

University of Zambia (UNZA)

Zimbabwe

University of Zimbabwe (UZ)
National University of Science and Technology (NUST)
Bindura University of Science Education (BUSE)
Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT)
Lupane State University
Great Zimbabwe University (associate partner)
Gwanda State University (associate partner)

Mozambique

Eduardo Mondlane Universidad (UEM) (associate partner)

Botswana

University of Botswana, Okavongo Research Institute (ORI) (associate partner)

South Africa

Nelson Mandela University (NMU) (associate partner)