DonateThe Mbuluzi Ecosystems Restoration Project is a nationally executed initiative under the Eswatini National Trust Commission, supported by the Global Environment Facility and implemented through the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The project addresses the growing environmental challenges facing the Mbuluzi River Basin — one of Eswatini’s five major river systems and a critical transboundary ecosystem shared with Mozambique. Spanning approximately 3,200 square kilometers, the basin traverses all four of Eswatini’s agro-ecological zones and provides essential resources for agriculture, water supply, biodiversity conservation, and livelihoods for an estimated 300,000 people. However, decades of unsustainable land use practices, deforestation, overgrazing, land tenure conflicts, and weak policy coordination have led to alarming rates of land degradation and biodiversity loss in the region.
The Mbuluzi Ecosystems Restoration Project is a nationally executed initiative under the Eswatini National Trust Commission, supported by the Global Environment Facility and implemented through the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The project addresses the growing environmental challenges facing the Mbuluzi River Basin — one of Eswatini’s five major river systems and a critical transboundary ecosystem shared with Mozambique. Spanning approximately 3,200 square kilometers, the basin traverses all four of Eswatini’s agro-ecological zones and provides essential resources for agriculture, water supply, biodiversity conservation, and livelihoods for an estimated 300,000 people. However, decades of unsustainable land use practices, deforestation, overgrazing, land tenure conflicts, and weak policy coordination have led to alarming rates of land degradation and biodiversity loss in the region.
