The Chobe Enclave area is located in the Chobe District in North-East Botswana. This area encompasses 5 villages (5,134 people) and supports livestock grazing on 115,000 ha of communal rangeland. Serving as an initial instance, this pilot project is 19,223 ha working within a larger eligible area of 115,000 ha, aiming to create a substantial long-term climate and community impact.
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The primary activity involves community-led, strategic herding and kraaling (enclosing) of livestock as per the implementing partner, Herding 4 Hope’s Herding 4 Health model. The Herding 4 Health (H4H) Model aims to empower livestock-owning communities and stakeholders. The H4H model tackles the numerous challenges of rural subsistence farming such as climate change, wildlife-livestock conflict, skills and job shortages, poverty/food security, and transboundary animal diseases, through four main sustainability approaches: the restoration of healthy rangelands, healthy animals, thriving livelihoods and development of climate-aware and wildlife-friendly livestock management practices.
Improved management of grazing and livestock is achieved through the introduction of skilled herders, who receive training and career pathways to help them to reach compliance standards. Planned and managed grazing leads to rangeland restoration and a more climate-resilient approach to livestock rearing. Also improved is access to veterinary care, which includes comprehensive vaccination, disease management and nutrition. This ensures that high-quality products attract the best prices, whilst allowing sustainable use of natural resources and reducing the need for costly veterinary fences that interrupt wildlife migrations and ecosystem resilience through migration. By moderating and controlling grazing pressure, the project facilitates the recovery of perennial grasses and stimulates grass production. This, in turn, leads to increased belowground biomass, enhanced soil carbon sequestration, and the additional capture and storage of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere into the soil.
Shangani is a 45,000 ha mixed cattle and wildlife ranch in the Matabeleland South province of Zimbabwe. The ranch is pioneering a holistic management style to sustainably manage cattle and wildlife with a view to promoting rangeland regeneration and wealth creation for local communities.
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Tswalu Kalahari Carbon Project
The Tswalu Kalahari Project is a pioneering initiative by Oppenheimer Generations Research and Conservation, supported by Rewild Capital on the carbon development side, aimed at the large-scale restoration and conservation of a section of African rangeland in South Africa. This is the first private protected area in South Africa to earn carbon credits for management put in place to adapt to climate change.
