Launch of Human-Wildlife Co-habitation Project in the Malawi-Zambia Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (MAZA TFCA)
Lilongwe, Lusaka – 10 June 2025 – The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), in collaboration with Total Land Care (TLC), is pleased to announce the official launch of the Human-Wildlife Co-habitation (HWC) Project within the Malawi-Zambia Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (MAZA TFCA) valued at € 1,123,795.20. This is an initiative of the SADC TFCA Financing Facility, funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through KfW. The project seeks to address the persistent challenges associated with human-wildlife co-habitation (HWC) in key conservation hotspots in Northern Malawi and Eastern Zambia (See map).