Human-lion conflict is a pressing issue in Hwange District, Zimbabwe, where livestock depredation by lions and other predators is a significant threat to farmers’ livelihoods. According to the Hwange Rural District Council (RDC) Environment Department’s Problem Animal Control report book…
In Zimbabwe’s Hwange District, an innovative solution is helping to mitigate human-elephant conflict (HEC) and change the lives of local communities. Chili fences are a non-lethal method of protecting crops and reducing conflicts between humans and elephants. The chili fence…
In 2024, the people of Matabeleland North (Ward 8) in Zimbabwe’s Hwange District witnessed the tangible benefits of community-led conservation efforts. Revenue generated from wildlife management through the CAMPFIRE programme was used to restore the roof of a classroom block at Lumbora…
A Beacon of Hope for Community-Based Conservation Tucked away in the picturesque Hwange District along the mighty Zambezi River, Sidinda Ward has undergone a remarkable transformation from a poaching-devastated area to a thriving wildlife conservancy. This success is attributed to…
Campfire has developed tools to collect data mainly from demographics, revenue generated through trophy hunting and ecotourism as well as human and wildlife conflict incidents and damage at district and ward level, the Zimbabwe Campfire Association director, has said. Lungile…
Maitengwe Dam is an impressive earth wall dam located in the north-western corner of Bulilima district, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe. It is situated 220km west of the city of Bulawayo, 120km north-west of Plumtree town and is very near the…
CAMPFIRE Association Zimbabwe and and the Ngamiland Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (NCONGO) Botswana Petition for revisions to the regulations implementing the Endangered Species Act to conform with U.S. President Joseph Biden’s Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for…
Hwange Safari Lodge manager came to the rescue of Hlanganani Gideon Dube (74) at 10pm on 5 May 2021, ending his 8 hour desperate search for help following a gruesome attack by an elephant, and got him admitted to hospital.…
Sidinda CAMPFIRE Wildlife Conservancy has received 100 buffalo from Victoria Falls National Park (managed by Wild Horizon). This follows successful capture and translocation of the animals on 27-28 August 2018 as part of the Command Wildlife programme, and funded under…
Zimbabwe’s Community Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE) hails the recent decision by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to lift the suspension of elephant trophy imports into the United States of America. We encourage the USFWS…
CAMPFIRE Association short video on strengthening the capacity of rural communities in non-lethal human and elephant conflict mitigation and wildlife conservation using sustainable and affordable low cost technology – the Chili gun (mhiripiri bomber) and an effective problem elephant pre-warning…
Think again at CoP17 During the period 2010-2015, human and wildlife conflict in Zimbabwe’s communal areas has resulted in the loss of 88 lives,Over 5000 livestock, 6000 hectares of crops, and irrigation and water supply equipment.Some of the recent deaths…
