CONNECT | COLLABORATE | CONSERVE

FOCUS AREAS

Uniting landowners with support and facilitation to strengthen conservation across the Waterberg. Through cooperation, resources and shared learning, we create a stronger, more resilient landscape for people and wildlife.

LASTING IMPACT

Strong Partnerships

Collaborative Networks

Collective impact

One of the Waterberg’s greatest strengths lies in its people and partnerships—the landowners, clusters, and networks working together to protect this remarkable landscape. Through collaboration, coordination, and shared purpose, we can multiply our collective impact. By strengthening communication, facilitating cooperation, and supporting the Greater Security Network and other regional partnerships, we help build the trust and unity needed to address conservation and security challenges at scale.

If we fail to foster these connections, our efforts risk becoming fragmented and less effective. Supporting and empowering the Waterberg’s stakeholders today ensures that conservation remains a shared responsibility—anchored in cooperation, strengthened by knowledge, and sustained through collective action.

IF WE FAIL TO ACT

Increased poaching

Habitat Loss

Livelihoods Lost

Support & facilitation - our focus

Building and strengthening the Greater Security Network, connecting stakeholders across more than 4 million hectares to protect people, wildlife, and property.
Fostering cooperation among clusters, conservancies, and security partners to create a unified regional approach to conservation and safety.
Facilitating communication and coordination through meetings, information sharing, and collaborative platforms that strengthen regional networks.
Promoting knowledge exchange and best-practice sharing to enhance conservation outcomes and build collective capacity.
Supporting landowners and conservancies with biodiversity stewardship, protected area expansion, and access to conservation tools and data.
Driving progress toward 1 million hectares under formal protection, a 15% increase in the short term and part of the long-term goal of reaching 30% conservation coverage.
Empowering collaboration across all sectors — conservation, tourism, agriculture, and community — to ensure the Waterberg’s shared success.