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The Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area or KAZA TFCA is a conservation park
Conservation park

Conservation park is a type of specially protected status for land held by the Crown for conservation ecology purposes.In New Zealand this land is administered by the New Zealand Department of Conservation and was set up under the Conservation Act 1987....
 that will be created by the Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
n countries of Zambia
Zambia

The Republic of Zambia is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
, Angola
Angola

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordering Namibia to the south, Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, and Zambia to the east, and with a west coast along the Atlantic Ocean....
, Namibia
Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in southern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean coast. It shares borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east, and South Africa to the south....
, Botswana
Botswana

The Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Citizens of Botswana are called "Batswana" , regardless of ethnicity. Formerly a British protectorate of Bechuanaland Protectorate, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth of Nations on 30 September 1966....
 and Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe , is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo River rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east....
. It should be operational by 2010. At 280,000 square km, it will be the largest national park in the world. Tourists will be able to move through the park freely, without passing any border controls.

The park was created in cooperation with Peace Park
Peace park

A Transboundary Protected Area is a protected area that spans across boundaries of multiple Country, where the political border sections that are enclosed within its area are abolished....
s Foundation and the World Wide Fund for Nature
World Wide Fund for Nature

The World Wide Fund for Nature is an Internationalism non-governmental organization for the Conservation biology, Environmental science and Restoration ecology of the environment , formerly named the World Wildlife Fund, which remains its official name in the United States and Canada....
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The Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area or KAZA TFCA is a conservation park
Conservation park

Conservation park is a type of specially protected status for land held by the Crown for conservation ecology purposes.In New Zealand this land is administered by the New Zealand Department of Conservation and was set up under the Conservation Act 1987....
 that will be created by the Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
n countries of Zambia
Zambia

The Republic of Zambia is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
, Angola
Angola

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordering Namibia to the south, Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, and Zambia to the east, and with a west coast along the Atlantic Ocean....
, Namibia
Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in southern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean coast. It shares borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east, and South Africa to the south....
, Botswana
Botswana

The Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Citizens of Botswana are called "Batswana" , regardless of ethnicity. Formerly a British protectorate of Bechuanaland Protectorate, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth of Nations on 30 September 1966....
 and Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe , is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo River rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east....
. It should be operational by 2010. At 280,000 square km, it will be the largest national park in the world. Tourists will be able to move through the park freely, without passing any border controls.

The park was created in cooperation with Peace Park
Peace park

A Transboundary Protected Area is a protected area that spans across boundaries of multiple Country, where the political border sections that are enclosed within its area are abolished....
s Foundation and the World Wide Fund for Nature
World Wide Fund for Nature

The World Wide Fund for Nature is an Internationalism non-governmental organization for the Conservation biology, Environmental science and Restoration ecology of the environment , formerly named the World Wildlife Fund, which remains its official name in the United States and Canada....
. It will comprise Caprivi Strip
Caprivi Strip

Caprivi, sometimes called the Caprivi Strip or the Okavango Strip and formally known as Itenge, is a panhandle of Namibia eastwards about 450 km , between Botswana on the south, Angola and Zambia to the north, and Okavango Region to the west....
 in Namibia
Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in southern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean coast. It shares borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east, and South Africa to the south....
, Chobe National Park
Chobe National Park

Chobe National Park, in northwest Botswana, has one of the largest Game concentration in Africa continent. By size, this is the third largest park of the country, after the Central Kalahari Game Reserve and the Gemsbok National Park, and is the most diverse....
, the Okavango Delta
Okavango Delta

The Okavango Delta , in Botswana, is the world's largest inland River delta.The area was once part of Lake Makgadikgadi, an ancient lake that dried up some 10,000 years ago....
 in Botswana
Botswana

The Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Citizens of Botswana are called "Batswana" , regardless of ethnicity. Formerly a British protectorate of Bechuanaland Protectorate, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth of Nations on 30 September 1966....
 and the Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls

The Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya is a waterfall situated in southern Africa on the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe....
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Relevant to the KAZA initiative are the provinces of Moxico and Cuando Cubango. Beginning in Angola, the Cubango river forms part of the border between Angola and Namibia before flowing into Botswana (where it is known as the Okavango river), draining into the Moremi wildlife reserve.