{"id":990,"date":"2026-03-09T16:23:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/southern-africa\/?page_id=990"},"modified":"2026-03-29T15:50:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T14:50:19","slug":"management-of-competing-water-uses-and-associated-ecosystems-in-pungwe-buzi-and-save-basins-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/southern-africa\/work-areas\/aip-transboundary-investments\/management-of-competing-water-uses-and-associated-ecosystems-in-pungwe-buzi-and-save-basins-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Management of Competing Water Uses and Associated Ecosystems in Pungwe, Buzi, and Save Basins Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Financing Partner:<\/strong> Global Environment Facility (GEF)<\/a>
Implementing Agency:<\/strong> International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)<\/a>
Executing Agency:<\/strong> Global Water Partnership Southern Africa (GWPSA)
Duration:<\/strong> February 2021 – December 2024
Project Value:<\/strong> USD 6 million
Executing Agencies at National Level:<\/strong>
Mozambique: Ministry of Public Works, Housing, and Water Resources and Administra\u00e7\u00e3o Regional de \u00c1guas – Centro (ARA-Centro)
Zimbabwe: Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Rural Resettlement; and Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mozambique and Zimbabwe share at least five river basins or sub-basins; namely Limpopo, Zambezi, Pungwe, Buzi, and Save. The Pungwe, Buzi, and Save basins, collectively known as BUPUSA, are exclusively shared by the two countries and drain into the Indian Ocean. Water resources planning, development, and management of projects in the Pungwe, Buzi, and Save River basins rely on cooperation between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Management of competing water uses and associated ecosystems in Pungwe, Buzi, and Save Basins project targets the conservation, sustainable use, and risk mitigation of the transboundary water resources shared by Mozambique and Zimbabwe: Pungwe, Buzi, and Save River Basins. These three basins are located along the Beira corridor, an important economic corridor that links the Beira harbor to the hinterland, with associated impacts on the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This project seeks to promote holistic approaches using the water-energy-food nexus, with specific interest in connected ecosystems. It has a focus on developing capacities for managing water resources and designing participatory and community-based strategies. Results and impacts will ensure increased transboundary water cooperation through promoting a coordinated approach for flood and drought risks management; mainstreaming of these risks in the decision-making process; strengthening capacities for water management; linking appropriate scales of intervention; increasing communities’ autonomy and ownership in water-related risk management; and reducing the vulnerability of the local communities to floods and droughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Project Objective <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The objective of the project is to strengthen transboundary cooperation and management of water resources and associated ecosystems for improved water security, climate change resilience, and sustainable livelihoods in the shared Pungwe, Buzi, and Save basins, located in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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