Authors : Eduardo Ferreira

Volume/Issue : Volume 11 - 2026, Issue 8 - August

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/26aug1257

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Abstract : This article analyzes land-use planning as a tool for promoting coexistence between human populations and wildlife in the Mavinga and Luengue-Luiana National Parks, in southeastern Angola. The study draws on territorial monitoring conducted since 2008, under conditions marked by vast distances, difficult communication and institutional complexity. The research seeks to understand how the management of protected areas, humanitarian demining, communitybased conservation, wildlife corridors, remote monitoring and tourism promotion can be integrated into a territorial model capable of reducing conflict and increasing local conservation benefits. Particular attention is given to the role of the Ministry of Environment and the national biodiversity institution in institutional consolidation, the importance of transboundary cooperation, the involvement of international organizations in mine clearance and wildlife monitoring, the attraction of tourism investment, the use of monitoring technologies, and community development projects. The article also refers to a zoning study as a reference for the spatial organization of the park; since a public version of this specific study could not be located in the consulted sources, it is cited without confirmed bibliographic attribution. It concludes that lasting coexistence requires integrating security, mobility, environmental education, agriculture, livestock farming, tourism, ecological connectivity, scientific monitoring and economic benefits for communities, with demining being a necessary but not sufficient condition.

Keywords : Land-Use Planning; Human-Wildlife Coexistence; Community-Based Conservation; Wildlife Corridors; Nature Tourism.

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