January Newsletter

RUFUNSA GMA PARTICIPATES IN THE SAGE ASSESMENT.​ Previously Posted on 5/08/2021  Rufunsa Game Management Area (GMA) is one of the six project operation areas, Rufunsa GMA like others has recorded positive impacts from the governance assessments including the Site-In Level and action planning. The SAGE process was a new experience for the GMA actors, which…

THE CBNRM LEARNING GROUP IN ZAMBIA Protected Areas or Conserved Area governance and the related issue of equity have received relatively little attention until recently. In addressing this gap BIOPAMA is at the forefront of a growing global effort to give more emphasis to governance and equity. This responds both to increasing awareness of the…

HUMAN WILDLIFE CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN CHIAWA GAME MANAGEMENT AREA​ Local communities who reside in Game Management Area (GMA) regularly interact with wild animals as they share or compete over access to the limited space. Most often communities, have settled on the animal corridors or rely on use of water resources from the rivers, in the…

SHE IS THE CHANGE Despite women’s critical roles in communities such as Msoro, Nsefu and Mnkhanya chiefdoms in many rural areas of Zambia ; women are involved in many activities both at household and communities from food production and water management, management of domestic chores, and often women are consistently under represented and face barriers…

SHE IS THE CHANGE THE TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACHES THROUGH AMPLIFYING WOMEN’S AND MARGINALIZED GROUP’S VOICES AND PARTICIPATION IN EXTRACTIVE GOVERNANCE AND ENHANCED CLIMATE RESILIENCE ACTIONS PROJECT Since 2025 February the Zambia CBNRM Forum in Partnership with the ZCRB Association have implemented a one-year Project supporting and empowering women and youths in forestry governance in Mambwe District…

Improved Information Sharing in the 6 Project Sites of the EGC BIOPAMA Project The Biopama Project in Zambia Aims at Enhancing Governance of CBNRM for a better conservation outcome and Social Outcome through addressing priorities for improved management and governance bio diversity of natural resources including and assessing the governance supportive tools being the Site…