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Welcome to African Parks
African Parks is a non-profit organisation that takes total responsibility for the rehabilitation and long-term management of national parks in partnership with governments and local communities. Our approach combines world-class conservation practice with business expertise. We place emphasis on achieving financial sustainability of the parks by combining long-term donor funding with tourism revenues, related business enterprise and payment for ecosystem services, which all serve as a foundation for economic development and poverty alleviation. It is our belief that making wildlife parks socially and economically viable, particularly for the benefit of local communities, will contribute to their survival in the face of competing forms of land use.
Majete Wildlife Reserve, Malawi
Area : 700 km2
African Parks project since 2003
Akagera National Park, Rwanda
Area: 1122 km2
African Parks project since 2010
Bangweulu Wetlands, Zambia
Area: 6000 km2
African Parks project since 2008
Liuwa Plain National Park, Zambia
Area : 3660 km2
African Parks project since 2003
Garamba National Park, DRC
Area : 4 900 km2 National Park and 7 527 km2 Domaines de Chasse
African Parks project since 2005
Zakouma National Park, Chad
Area : 3054 km2
African Parks project since 2010
Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Congo
Area : 13500 km2
African Parks project since 2010
African Parks currently manages seven parks in six African countries – Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Zambia. The total area under management covers 4.1 million hectares, an area as large as The Netherlands.
It is our objective to become the leading player in protected area management on the African continent. By 2020 we aim to have responsibility for a portfolio of 15 parks covering an area of 5–7 million hectares. Because of the geographic spread and representation of different ecosystems, this will be one of the most ecologically diverse portfolios of parks in the world.
