Southern Africa Programme

Latest News & Publications

Mamadou Diallo from the WWF-West African Marine Ecoregion Programme signing a new intergovernmental agreement to conserve the West African Manatee and Small Whales in Western Africa and Macaronesia. CMS, December 2008.

05 Dec 2008
WWF Signs New Agreement for African Cetaceans
WWF-West African Marine Ecoregion Programme today signed a new intergovernmental agreement to conserve the West African Manatee and Small Whales in Western Africa and Macaronesia. The conservation instrument consists of 2 Action Plans for the conservation of theses species, and was first adopted by 15 countries in Togo in October, and opened for signatory by implementing partners today. » Read more

Dr Samantha Petersen receives the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) Thesis Award in Rome, December, 2008.

03 Dec 2008
WWF scientist lands international conservation award
Dr Samantha Petersen, a biologist with WWF, the conservation organisation, has won a prestigious international award for her research into the impact of commercial fishing on migratory seabirds, sea turtles and sharks. » Read more

Australian Customs Service staff board the IUU boat, Viarsa, caught stealing Patagonian toothfish in the Southern Ocean in 2003.

05 Nov 2008
Pirates taking heavy toll of toothfish
The future of the Patagonian and Antarctic toothfish and the highly valuable fishery concentrated in the Southern Ocean is under significant pressure from illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
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New or updated projects

Modified: Oct 2008 - Started: Jul 2005

Marine Programme

The Mozambican coastal zone, spanning a coastline of 2,700 Km, is characterized its rich wide diversity of habitats including sandy beaches and dune s... » Read more

Modified: Sep 2008 - Started: Jul 2008

Survey of the Crocodile Population and Human-Crocodile Conflict in the Bangweulu Swamps

The project aims to provide comprehensive data on the Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) in the Bangweulu Swamps. Little information is curr... » Read more

Modified: Jun 2008 - Started: Feb 2008

Public-Private-Community Partnerships to Improve Food Security and Livelihoods in South East Lowveld

The project will encompass the Chiredzi District in the South East Lowveld of Zimbabwe. There is particular focus on the Sengwe Communal Lands and Chi... » Read more

Contact

Harrison Kojwang
(PO Representative)
WWF Southern Africa Regional Programme Office (SARPO),
Harare

T: +263 4 730 589

Office

WWF Southern Africa Regional Programme Office (SARPO),
Harare
10 Lanark Road Belgravia Harare
Zimbabwe

T: +263 4 252534
F: +263 4 252533