History
Mudumu is at the heart of the story of wildlife recovery in Zambezi. Jo Tagg is one of its central proponents. Jo was stationed in Caprivi for the MET during the community shift from poaching to protection in the early nineties. Later, he was instrumental in targeted reintroductions to rebuild the area’s game populations. Today, he is a quiet force against wildlife crime in Zambezi by supporting former colleagues, some of whom he has worked with for more than a quarter of a century.
For an unfenced park bordering communal land and another country, connectivity conservation is vital. Mudumu is surrounded by overlapping conservancies and community forests. The large state forest to the north is also an important refuge.
At a local level, collaboration between the park and the adjoining conservancies is facilitated through the Mudumu North Complex. Anti-poaching initiatives and fire management are particularly important aspects of the partnership. The concurrent NAM-PLACE Mudumu Landscape initiative seeks to raise the general profile of the area and facilitates connectivity between tourism operators and other users of the landscape.
At a regional level, KAZA promotes conservation across international borders, connecting Mudumu with conservation areas in Botswana, Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Botswana land adjoining the park is zoned as a wildlife management area, creating further important habitat to the west.
The park is named after the Mudumu Mulapo, a ‘fossil’ wetland stretching across much of the park. Although the area may become boggy during the rainy season, it is no longer an active wetland. Mulapo is a local name for such a low-lying, marshy area that may become seasonally flooded. The origin and meaning of the word mudumu is unclear.
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