SCIONA: Co-designing conservation technologies for Skeleton Coast-Iona Transfrontier Conservation Area (Angola – Namibia)

The project "Co-designing conservation technologies for Skeleton Coast-Iona Transfrontier Conservation Area (Angola – Namibia)” (SCIONA) was implemented from 2018 to 2021 and funded by the European Union (FED/2017/394-802). The project was implemented in Namibia and Angola and led overall by the Namibian University of Science and Technology (NUST) together with the main implementing partner, the Instituto Superior de Ciências de Educação da Huíla (ISCED) (= the Higher Institute of Education Sciences of Huíla) in Angola. The SCIONA project’s overarching aim was to strengthen cross-border ecosystem management and wildlife protection in the newly established Iona – Skeleton Coast Transfrontier Park through co-designing and implementing conservation monitoring technology with the park authorities and surrounding communities.