CWC AFRICA
Building the Conservation Economy
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
Africa’s vast remaining wilderness areas are under serious threat from human encroachment, mining, industrial agriculture, degradation and climate change. Conversely, their neighbouring communities are often faced with poverty and unemployment.
WHY A CONSERVATION ECONOMY?
The Department of Environmental Affairs defines a wildlife economy as one which is centred on, “the socio-economic benefits of eco-tourism, co-managed conservation areas and ancillary services to protected areas.”
We believe a Conservation Economy is broader than that. We also believe that an area can be protected through communal management mechanisms and restorative use, and not simply in terms of legislation.
A Conservation Economy is built on wildlife and biodiversity assets and incorporates the resources both inside and outside the protected area. A Conservation Economy focusses equally on the people surrounding these areas, building a restorative economy based on ecological, social and economic principles. If our wild places and the neighbouring land and water, are managed responsibly they offer a variety of employment opportunities (including zoology, conservation, eco-tourism, hunting, agriculture and all secondary activities) thereby contributing to poverty reduction and economic growth, reducing pressure on resources within protected areas.
WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT IT?
CWC Africa seeks to convert Africa’s community land surrounding protected areas into Communal Wild Conservancies (CWC’s), which will represent an extension of the existing protected reserve ecosystems. CWC Africa seeks to protect these areas from encroaching development, whilst creating restorative, sustainable conservation-based revenue streams for the local communities and other stakeholders.
CWC Africa has already identified 6 million hectares of landscapes, with a focus on communal reserves adjoining protected areas and reserves in Sub Saharan Africa.
I WANT TO HELP
African Conservation Trust is a fully registered non-profit, public benefit organisation which is audited annually. Please contact us should you require an 18A donation certificate (SA donors only). To donate via EFT to the dedicated CWC Africa bank account, please use the following details:
Account Name: African Conservation Trust
Bank: First National Bank (FNB)
Branch: Hayfields
Branch Code: 221425
Account No: 62458740430
SWIFT code: FIRNZAJJ (international donations only)
Deposit Reference: Please include your full name to help us accurately record your donation
Feel free to contact us for more information.
African Conservation Trust and partners have decades of experience in implementing socio-economic development initiatives and is B-BBEE Level One accredited.
Made Wild is the official CWC Africa FMCG brand with a focus on job creation through meaningful conservation projects. Speak to us about partnering in poverty alleviation and community sustainability initiatives.
If you are a conservation entity, a non-profit, or game lodge owner and would like to collaborate, please drop us an email
MORE INFO
If you would like more info on the CWC project, as well as the landscapes we are working in, please visit the CWC Africa properties website.
You can also follow our progress on Facebook (@wildconservancies).
Jennifer Munro | Fernro Publishing Ltd have generously sponsored a Loziba Wildlife Reserve website. The Loziba Wildlife Reserve project seeks to create a safe haven for species like rhino and elephant in a 30,000 HA conservation area in northern KwaZulu-Natal.