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Lubombo Spine Wildlife Biodiversity Corridor

Grantee Name: Space for Elephants Foundation

Hotspot
Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany
Location
South Africa
Amount
$161,750
Dates
Dec 2011 – Dec 2014
Keywords
Habitat conservation and management, Private reserves, Protected Areas, Species Conservation, Wildlife management, Wildlife trade

Thanda Private Game Reserve is a 7,500 exclusive safari tourism resort with well-managed biodiversity. Neighboring Thanda is Mduna-Royal Reserve, a 6,000 hectare community-managed parcel that is relatively degraded. Neither is assured long term conservation per their current legal designation. Space for Elephants will facilitate the process by which the two are merged, fences are removed between them, and the resulting new area, the Thanda Royal Mduna Reserve, is proclaimed a formal stewardship area under the National Biodiversity Act.

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