Hwange-Sanyati Biological Corridor Project

The development objective of the Hwange-Sanyati Biological Corridor (HSBC) Project for Zimbabwe was to develop land use and resource management capacity of managers and communities in the HSBC. The project comprises of four components. The first component, protected area (PA) management and community livelihoods aimed to improve management of Hwange national park and the livelihood of communities involved in stewardship of the natural resources in its buffer zone. It The second component, improved forest and land management aimed to improve forest and land management across the HSBC by developing tools to address land degradation, land use change, and deforestation. It comprised two sub-components: (i) improved forestry management; and (ii) land rehabilitation. The third component, corridor sustainability worked together to ensure close coordination and synergy between the different components and project activities, to promote better development planning and coordination at the wider landscape level of the HSBC, and to facilitate corridor-level scaling-up of land management and biodiversity conservation tools and initiatives. The fourth component, project coordination provided funding to manage and provide oversight of the project, including financial management and audits, procurement, and monitoring and evaluation (M and E). The project also implemented soil gully rehabilitation.