{"id":21722,"date":"2021-02-17T10:40:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T18:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/?p=21722"},"modified":"2021-02-17T10:40:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T18:40:02","slug":"government-zambia-boost-protection-kafue-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/2021\/02\/17\/government-zambia-boost-protection-kafue-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Government of Zambia to Boost the Protection of Kafue National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Government of\u00a0Zambia<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0and African Parks<\/strong> have signed a Memorandum of Understanding which will see the implementation of a<\/p>\n Signed on Thursday 4th<\/sup>\u00a0February, the Priority Support Plan will increase technical and financial support for Kafue worth\u00a0US $3 million<\/span>\u00a0over a period of 12 months.<\/p>\n Minister of Tourism and Arts Honourable, Hon. Ronald K. Chitotela<\/strong>, said the MoU would help\u00a0Zambia<\/span>\u00a0to realize the potential of the Kafue National Park which is\u00a0Zambia’s<\/span>\u00a0prime tourist destination and an internationally renowned wildlife sanctuary.<\/p>\n “It is essential that we invest in the protection of our wildlife and enhance the infrastructure for tourism.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Having worked together for 18 years, we believe that African Parks is a partner who can help us to actualize the park’s potential in contributing to the economy and the wellbeing of our people,” the Minister said.<\/p>\n The Priority Support Plan will see the collaboration between Department of National Parks and Wildlife<\/strong> (DNPW) and African Parks<\/strong> implement activities in key priority areas over the ensuing 12 months, while the parties negotiate for a long-term agreement. The primary objectives include improving critical infrastructure, supporting the DNPW’s law enforcement efforts and conducting conservation baseline studies.<\/p>\n African Parks’ CEO\u00a0Peter Fearnhead<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0said:<\/p>\n “Kafue National Park is one of\u00a0Africa’s<\/span>\u00a0best known protected areas and one of the ten largest on the African continent…”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n “We look forward to supporting the Zambian Government’s vision to conserve this extremely precious resource and to optimise its long-term social, economic and ecological benefits”.<\/p>\n Kafue National Park is situated in the world’s largest transfrontier conservation area, the Kavango Zambezi (KAZA TFCA), which straddles the boundaries of five countries, forming one cross-border ecosystem the size of\u00a0France<\/span>. Kafue’s Priority Support Plan will be funded through Dutch Postcode Lottery’s dreamfund grant, a\u00a016.9 million Euro<\/span><\/a>\u00a0contribution awarded to the World Wide Fund for Nature, African Parks and Peace Parks Foundation to assist KAZA partner states in securing the TFCA through integrated initiatives.<\/p>\n Kafue is\u00a0Zambia’s<\/span>\u00a0largest wildlife sanctuary, covering 22,400km2<\/sup>\u00a0of intact savannah and a network of water channels dominated by the Kafue River. It represents one of the last expansive tracts of the iconic Zambezian ecoregion, providing a singular opportunity to conserve significant populations of savannah wildlife, including elephants, large predators and 21 species of antelope \u2013 the highest diversity of antelope on the continent. \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Government of\u00a0Zambia\u00a0and African Parks have signed a Memorandum of Understanding which will see the implementation of a Priority Support Plan for the protection of Kafue National Park Signed on Thursday 4th\u00a0February, the Priority Support Plan will increase technical and financial support for Kafue worth\u00a0US $3 million\u00a0over a period of 12 months. Minister of Tourism […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8241,8251,2015,8235],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21722","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-global-adventure","8":"category-more-stories","9":"category-most-popular","10":"category-travel"},"yoast_head":"\nPriority Support Plan for the protection of Kafue National Park<\/h3>\n
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