FAQ
- Origins?
- Implementation?
- Dr Anton Rupert's idea
- Dr Mandela's involvement?
- Partnerships
- What are peace parks / TFCAs?
- Why is idea great?
- Why 'peace parks'?
- Primary steps
- Any additional value?
- Progress made?
- Present development
- Work needed on facilities
- GLTP involvement
- Communities
- People in peace parks
- Plans to expand
- International status
- N/S Korea as an option?
- How can I help?
STATUS REGARDING NAMES
The official name for what used to be the GKG Transfrontier Park is the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park (GLTP). The GLTP measures approximately 35 000 km2 and includes the Limpopo National Park (Parque Nacional do Limpopo) in Mozambique, the Kruger National Park and the Makuleke area in South Africa, and the Gonarezhou National Park, Malipati Safari Area, Manjinji Pan Sanctuary, and the Sengwe corridor in Zimbabwe.
Coutada 16 located to the east of the Kruger National Park in Mozambique, was proclaimed a national park on 27 November 2001 and has subsequently been renamed as the Limpopo National Park (Parque Nacional do Limpopo).
The Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area constitutes a much larger area, measuring approximately 99 800 km2, and includes seven different land-use categories namely: national parks, including the Banhine, Gonarezhou, Kruger, Limpopo and Zinave national parks; private game parks, which are located mainly in South Africa adjacent to the Kruger National Park; private conservancies, including Malilangwe Conservancy in Zimbabwe; safari hunting areas, which are under the control of rural district councils and local communities. These include Mahenya, Manjinji and Malipati in Zimbabwe; government controlled hunting concessions, including Coutada 4 and 5 in Mozambique; proposed eco-tourism development areas, including the Mapulanguene area in Mozambique; and communal areas, including the Sengwe Corridor in Zimbabwe, and vast areas in Mozambique.