The Kwando Core Area of Bwabwata National Park falls within the Mudumu Landscape. 

Bwabwata National Park is unusual in that it is home to both people and wildlife in an approach described as 'a new generation of parks' with a pioneering 'live and let live' conservation ethic which brings substantial benefits to both conservation and community development. The three Core Areas - Kwando, Mahango and Buffalo - are zoned exclusively for conservation but the rest of the park is designated a Multiple Use Area, allowing people to continue living there.

The Park was first proclaimed as the Caprivi Game Reserve in 1966 and upgraded to the Caprivi Game Park in 1968. However, it was declared a military area by the South African Defence Force during Namibia's war of liberation and no wildlife management was possible. It was not until after Independence in 1990 that the Park could be properly run as a conservation area. It was gazetted as the Bwabwata National Park in 2007, incorporating the former Mahango Game Reserve.

The Kwando Core Area of Bwabwata National Park is characterised by a dune-trough system on Kalahari sands, with a well-defined riverine woodland and floodplain fringe along the Kwando River. The river system comprises a network of oxbows, some of which are several kilometres away from the river's current course. This riparian strip is key wildlife habitat.

The Namibian constitution provides for the establishment of a system of regional and local government throughout the country. Eight constituencies fall within the Zambezi Region: Kabbe, Katima Mulilo Rural, Katima Mulilo Urban, Kongola, Linyanti, Sibida, Judea Lyaboloma and Kabbe South. The regional head quarters is hosted in the town of Katima Mulilo.

IRDNC's long-term southern African program pioneered linking wildlife conservation to rural development and to democracy.

We have developed an African way of doing conservation and nurtured a powerful local vision that stands firmly on three legs - improved management of natural resources by the users themselves, diversified local economic development and the growth of a strong civil society in Namibia's remotest regions. In recognition of its cutting edge work, IRDNC has received some of the world's most prestigious conservation awards.

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Kwandu Community Forest was gazetted in 2006. It covers an area of 212 km² and overlaps substantially with Kwandu Conservancy.

The Kyaramacan Association represents the residents of Bwabwata National Park. Since 20006 it has been officially recognised by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism as the legal entity representing all the people living inside the Bwabwata National Park. The Kyaramacan Association manages income from tourism (the community campsite and a small lodge), from trophy hunting and the sale of Devil’s claw (Harpagophytum procumbens), a plant sold internationally to reduce pain and fever.

Gazetted in 2006, Masida Community Forest covers an area of almost 200 km² and overlaps with Sobbe Conservancy.

Mayuni Conservancy was gazetted in 1999. It covers 151 km² and has a population of around 2,282 people. Average annual rainfall is about 600 millimetres. The Kwando River floodplain is dominated by grasslands and swamp vegetation, while much of the woodland on higher ground to the east has been cleared or damaged by frequent fires.

The lead NGO working with Mayuni Conservancy is Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation (IRDNC).

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The Mission of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry is to realise the potential of the Agricultural, Water and Forestry sectors towards the promotion of an efficient and sustainable socio-economic development for a prosperous Namibia.

One of Namibia's leading conservation and sustainable development organisations, the primary aims of the Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF) are to promote sustainable development, the conservation of biological diversity and natural ecosystems, and the wise and ethical use of natural resources for the benefit of all Namibians, both present and future.

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Officially proclaimed on 1 March 1990 (as Mamili National Park), just days before Namibia gained independence, Nkasa Rupara National Park (also previously known as Nkasa Lupala National Park) is Namibia's largest protected wetland, covering 318 km². The park is dominated by wetlands and is flooded by water from the Kwando River for much of the year. At these times the park becomes like a mini Okavango Delta and up to 80% of it can become inaccessible to vehicles. A recently constructed bridge has improved access to this park.

A range of wetland species occur here in a complex system of channels, reed beeds, lakes and islands including elephant, buffalo, lechwe and reedbuck as well as crocodiles and hippos. Nkasa Lupala serves as a core breeding area for wildlife that can disperse into the neighbouring conservancies: Balyerwa, Wuparo and Dzoti.

Over 450 species of birds have been recorded here, more than anywhere else in Namibia. Notable species include wattled cranes, slaty egret, Stanley's bustard, rosy-throated longclaw, Dickinson's kestrel, Allen's gallinule, lesser jacana, black-winged and red-winged pratincoles, long-toed lapwing, luapula cisticola, coppery-tailed coucal and black coucal.

Gazetted in 2006, Sobbe Conservancy has an area of 404 km² and a population of 1,027 people. It is located on border of Mudumu National Park and comprises woodland and grassland. Average annual rainfall is around 600 mm.

The lead NGO working with Sobbe Conservancy is Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation (IRDNC).