SCAPES Landscape Profile: Moving Beyond Fences in the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA)

The “Beyond Fences” project, focused on trade policy for beef and associated veterinary cordon fences in the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, was implemented by the Wildlife Conservation Society, with assistance from USAID, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The work focused on creating an enabling environment for resolving land-use conflicts between the livestock and wildlife sectors. The project engaged stakeholders such as the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN. This ultimately led to fundamental changes in foot and mouth disease management policy that may now enable the true potential of the region’s transfrontier conservation areas to be realized.