Hunting to heritage – Zim reserve begins eco-tourism transition

 

(Posted 11th September 2025)

 

Courtesy of African Elephant News

 

 

Dale Hes, Tourism Update (South Africa), September 9, 2025
Zimbabwe’s Chewore South concession, within a UNESCO World Heritage Site, will end trophy hunting as part of a pilot project to test whether eco-tourism and new conservation finance tools, such as biodiversity credits, can sustain protected areas. The 202 000 hectare concession is part of the Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas World Heritage Site in northern Zimbabwe. It has historically been managed as a hunting concession.
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