USAID Zimbabwe Resilience ANCHORS Annual Work Plan FY24

The activity focuses on the Savé Valley Conservancy (SVC) and Gonarezhou National Park (GNP), which are part of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area (GLTFCA). The SVC, established in 1991, covers an area of 344,210 hectares and consists of 30 land titles that form 22 management properties. The SVC has faced significant challenges, including internal issues and divisions, which have limited its ability to work effectively with communities, government, and other stakeholders. As a result, all SVC donors froze or placed restrictions on funding to the conservancy by the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2021. Resilience ANCHORS has continued to work with SVC community conservancies, communities, and individual ranches, and has reengaged with the corporate conservancy in FY23 after efforts were made to improve management and governance practices and structures. Gonarezhou National Park, the country's second-largest national park, covers an area of 5,053 square kilometers and forms part of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park. Communities around both SVC and GNP share a common history and face similar climate- and wildlife-related challenges, such as recurring droughts, water scarcity, poor soil fertility, and human-wildlife conflict. Resilience ANCHORS aims to address these challenges through a range of activities, including community engagement, conservation, and sustainable development initiatives. The activity's objectives are to improve economic benefits from strengthened community-level governance and oversight of conservation enterprises, increase sustainable access to supplies of water of sufficient quantity and quality to meet human, economic, and ecosystem needs, and strengthen locally led development and private sector engagement. To achieve these objectives, Resilience ANCHORS will implement a range of activities, including farmer training programs, infrastructure development, and market linkage facilitation. The activity's geographic focus is on the SVC and GNP landscapes, with a particular emphasis on the communities and stakeholders involved in these areas. The activity's timeline for implementation is from October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024, and will involve a range of crosscutting activities, including monitoring, evaluation, and learning, collaborating, learning, and adapting, and communications. Resilience ANCHORS will work closely with a range of stakeholders, including communities, government agencies, and private sector partners, to achieve its objectives and promote sustainable development in the SVC and GNP landscapes. The activity's approach is based on a theory of change that emphasizes the importance of community-led conservation and sustainable development, and will involve a range of interventions, including community engagement, conservation, and sustainable development initiatives.