Transfrontier Conservation Areas and Tourism Development Project

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The Trans-frontier Conservation Areas and Tourism Development Project (TFCATDP) will support the second phase of the program, to implement the Trans-frontier Conservation Area (TFCA) concept on the ground in the original three TFCAs: Limpopo, Lubombo and Chimanimani. The newer Niassa-Cabo Delgado and Zimoza TFCAs will be developed through funding from separate donor and NGO projects. Through the project components, the main strategic choices for this phase of the TFCA program are: 1) legal designation of TFCAs, including establishment of regulations, criteria, procedures and institutional structures for planning, management and development; 2) the preparation and implementation of Integrated District Development Plans (IDDPs) in each TFCA, to provide an environmentally sustainable framework for land use planning, natural resource management, and development investment within the TFCAs; 3) the development of environmentally sound, and socially inclusive nature tourism (emphasizing community/private sector partnership), and, directly related economic activities, in areas with high tourism potential as identified in the IDDPs; and, 4) improving the effectiveness of the Protected Area (PA) networks within the TFCAs by: a) improving the management capacity of the National Directorate for Conservation Areas (DNAC), b) expanding, or creating new formal PAs, and, rehabilitating/constructing key PA infrastructure, and, c) supporting the establishment of community reserves and conservation areas - "informal PAS" - in key areas outside the formal PAs (e.g. corridors, dispersal areas, cultural sites, etc.). Finally, the fifth component, finance project management costs, including project procurement, accounting and monitoring as described within the respective manuals.