Biggest Conservation Area Created in Africa

National Geographic (Christine Dell’Amore)

A male African lion wanders Botswana’s Okavango Delta, part of a new international conservation area that will be the world’s largest, organizers announced earlier this month.

Spanning an area of Africa almost the size of Italy, the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, or KAZA, will encompass 36 national parks, game reserves, wildlife-management areas, and tourism areas, according to WWF, a conservation organization offering both technical and financial support to the initiative.