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 tireless efforts of the Sidinda CAMPFIRE Committee and the community it represents, Hwange Rural District Council, Zimela Safaris and the CAMPFIRE Association.
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 dam- age at district and ward level, the Zimbabwe Campfire Association director, has said.
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.
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
