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Zambezi Valley Biodiversity Project (ZVBP) Bids
The Community Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE) Association is a registered Private Voluntary Organisation whose mandate is to support Community Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) in Zimbabwe. Since the 1980s, the CAMPFIRE program has sought to improve the living standards of rural Communities through the sustainable use of a range of natural resources, especially wildlife.
Human and Wildlife Conflict Management: water provision in Hwange, Zimbabwe
Petition
CAMPFIRE Association Zimbabwe and and the Ngamiland Council of Non-Governmental Organizations (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 Underserved Communities through the Federal Government.
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Hwange Man Narrates Trampling Ordeal
Sidinda CAMPFIRE Wildlife Conservancy
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 auspices of the Hwange Sanyati Biological Corridor (HSBC) project supported by the Global Environment Facility and the World Bank and coordinated by WWF Zimbabwe Country Office.
PRESS STATEMENT 21 November 2017
CAMPFIRE ASSOCIATION PRESS STATEMENT ON LIFTING OF THE SUSPENSION OF ELEPHANT TROPHY IMPORTS INTO AMERICA
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 and the President of the United States to stand by the decision to issue import permits for sport-hunted elephant trophies.
Human and Elephant Conflict Mitigation in Tsholotsho Zimbabwe
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 system in Tsholotsho Zimbabwe.
Community Benefits Summary
CAMPFIRE has a combined 2.4 million beneficiaries, made up of 200,000 households that actively participate in the program, and another 600,000 households that benefit indirectly from social services and infrastructure supported by CAMPFIRE income within districts. There are in excess of 120 elected and constituted Village and Ward CAMPFIRE Committees that operate through specific Traditional Leaders in their areas.
Unsung Heroes of Wildlife Conservation
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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 include school children and heads of households as shown below: