Zim, Zambia strengthen ties to protect Lake Kariba

THE government has taken a significant step to bolster regional conservation efforts, with Environment, Climate and Wildlife minister Evelyn Ndlovu meeting Zambia’s ambassador to Zimbabwe, Wilson Tembo, last week. 

The high-level engagement underscores renewed bilateral efforts to safeguard Lake Kariba’s fragile ecosystem amid rising concerns over overfishing, poaching and escalating human-wildlife conflict, while strengthening cross-border conservation under existing transfrontier frameworks. 

The meeting focused on enhancing co-operation in biodiversity conservation, particularly within the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (Kaza) and the Lower Zambezi-Mana Pools Transfrontier Conservation Area. 

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