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The vast Limpopo Heartland stretches across savannahs, woodlands, rivers and floodplains in Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Rare sable antelope, rhinos, hippos, and a rich variety of birds, insects and aquatic life make their home in the Heartland’s expansive wild lands and the popular Kruger National Park.

Conserving Wildlife

Conserving declining populations of predators, ungulates, and exotic birds.

AWF solutions in Limpopo:

Protecting Land

Strengthening parks and building the capacity of community-owned land to support wildlife.

AWF solutions in Limpopo:

Empowering People

Empowering local communities to attract and host tourists.

AWF solutions in Limpopo:

Huntington Community Nature Reserve

Engaging You!

You can be part of our mission to conserve African wildlife. Click on these Solutions to become involved!

AWF solutions in Limpopo:

May 08, 2008 | AWF’s Nairobi-Based President to Visit Washington

May 05, 2008 | Green Living Project Champions AWF

Apr 29, 2008 | Support the Great Cats and Rare Canids Bill

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Because the Heartlands cover truly vast tracts of public and private land, cooperation by many public and private parties is required for success. Here are some of AWF's partners in the Limpopo Heartland:

African Safari Lodge, South Africa
Cubo Associação, Mozambique
European Commission (SUBRAP Program)
FORD Foundation
Limpopo Local Economic Development Programme

Makuleke Community Development Forum, South Africa
SANParks
US State Department
USAID / Global Development Alliance
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

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Philip Muruthi. African Heartlands: A Science-Based and Pragmatic Approach to Landscape Level Conservation in Africa. Technical Papers, 2005.

M. Northon-Griffiths. Counting Animals. Technical Papers, 1978.

J.J.R. Grimsdell. Ecological Monitoring. Technical Papers, 1978.

Philip Muruthi. Human Wildlife Conflict: Lessons Learned From AWF's African Heartlands. Technical Papers, 2005.

Kadzo Kangwana. L'Etude des Elephants. Technical Papers, 1996.

David Western and J.R.R. Grimsdell. Measuring the Distribution of Animals in Relation to the Environment. Technical Papers, 1979.

Kadzo Kangwana. Studying Elephants. Technical Papers, 1996.

Lucy Emerton. The Economics of Tourism and Wildlife Conservation in Africa. Technical Papers, 1997.

Philip Muruthi. The Process of Preparing a General Management Plan for a Protected Area. Technical Papers, 2006.

Simon Metcalfe. Transboundary Protected Area Impacts on Communities: Case Study of Three Southern Africa Transboundary Conservation Initiatives. Technical Papers, 2005.

Edmund Barrow. Who Gains? Who Loses? Biodiversity in Savanna Systems. Technical Papers, 1993.

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Quick Facts

Area: 9,093,835 hectares (35,111 square miles) - slightly smaller than the state of Maine

Key landmarks: Kruger National Park; Banhine National Park; Limpopo National Park

Maps: this region | Africa

Staff in this Heartland

Simon Munthali, PhD
Regional Director for Southern Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa

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Limpopo Wildlife

Sable

Sables live in areas of light woodland-especially "miombo," a mixture of bush and grassland-but usually avoid open, grassy plains.

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