Quicama (Kissama) National
Park (Angola)
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WILD
was the first international conservation organization into
Angola in the late 1990’ s following the tragic 25 year
civil war. Over the years we’ve helped reestablish the Quicama National Park as Angola's first, post-civil war,
national park and eco-tourism destination. Other parks are
now emerging, with numerous international organizations at
work.
Quicama is the one million hectare (2.5 million acre)
national park, the closest park to Luanda, with immense
potential for ecotourism, community involvement,
environmental education and bio-diversity conservation. WILD
helps The Kissama Foundation to build capacity through
training, financial support of park staff, research, and
equipment supply. We are currently assisting the Park
Warden, Roland Goetz, with communications and travel, and
assisting the Kissama Foundation with fundraising in the
United States.
In
2001, working closely with the Kissama Foundation, The
Centre for Wildlife Management (University of Pretoria), The
Humane Society of the United States, and others, we also
helped re-locate 36 elephants and other wildlife (by cargo
aircraft) to Quicama National Park. These animals, from
South Africa and Botswana, were in protected areas with
over-populations of elephant, and in danger of potentially
being culled. These new inhabitants of Kissama are well
readjusted and producing new calves as they wander
throughout a special, secure, 25,000 acre conservation zone
within the park.
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