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Africa Centre for Holistic Management Zimbabwean Savanna Case Study
Savory Institute (2012) Africa Centre for Holistic Management Zimbabwean Savanna Case Study. 1:1-9.

Key Takeaways

  • This 2012 case study follows the Africa Centre for Holistic Management in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
  • Between 2001 and 2009, ecologoical monitoring demonstrated a 31% decrease in bare ground, 56% increase in litter cover, 12% increase in perennial grass plants, 21% decrease in less desirable annual grasses, and 17% decrease in soil movement.

Summary

ACHM is a local not-for-profit organization established by Zimbabweans to restore their way of life and the resources upon which they depend. Located 22 km from Victoria Falls and working with neighbors in Hwange Communal Lands, The Zimbabwe Forestry Commission and Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management, the Dimbangombe Learning Site and communities of Hwange are demonstrating that the land, water, and biological resource base can be healed through properly managed livestock. ACHM’s head office is situated on Dimbangombe Ranch a 3000ha property. The property is separated from the Hwange Community by a patch of state forestland and a main road that runs along the community’s western edge to Victoria Falls. Dimbangombe is one of many properties that make up a single contiguous wildlife range stretching from the Hwange National Park in southwest Zimbabwe to Zambezi National Park in the north, and into the surrounding wildlife reserves of Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Angola and is part of the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area. This area is known for its big game – lion, leopard, cheetah, elephant, buffalo, roan and sable antelope, and a rich array of birds.

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