chimanimani

Chimanimani, consisting of the National Park and its buffer zone, is an incredible landscape, but one in which multiple pressures threaten to destroy for ever its rich biodiversity. The challenge has always been one of balancing livelihoods, biodiversity conservation, and community stewardship. Micaia’s work here connects beekeeping, sustainable agriculture, non-timber forest products, community land security, conservation areas, natural resource management and restoration. The question is not whether people or nature should come first. The real challenge is how both can survive and strengthen each.