The development objective of the Hwange-Sanyati Biological Corridor (HSBC) Project for Zimbabwe is 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 aims to improve management of Hwange national park and the livelihood of communities involved in stewardship of the natural resources in its buffer zone. It has following two sub-components: (i) improved management of Hwange national park; and (ii) improved community livelihoods through wildlife management. The second component, improved forest and land management aims to improve forest and land management across the HSBC by developing tools to address land degradation, land use change, and deforestation. It comprises of following two sub-components: (i) improved forestry management; and (ii) land rehabilitation. The third component, corridor sustainability will work 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 will provide funding to manage and provide oversight of the project, including financial management and audits, procurement, and monitoring and evaluation (M and E).
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World Bank
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Forestry
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Community based
Soil management
Permeable parking lots
Integration of green spaces in planning
Designing protected areas
Reforestation
Ecological buffer zones
Zimbabwe
Precision agriculture
Change in land use practices