Investor Presentaiton
AND THE LOWER ZAMBEZI
Poor protection and management of protected areas
Poorly managed protected areas and poor planning means POACHING &
ENCROACHMENT i.e. reduction of wildlife and degradation of habitat in game viewing
and hunting areas plus conflicting visitor use, which discourages tourism and
investment whilst degrading the resource.
Over crowding the small prime game viewing areas whilst abandoning much of
Zambia's protected areas, thus discouraging the high and mid- range tourists who
require an unspoiled wilderness experience and who cite “wildlife viewing” as the
prime reason for visiting Zambia, comprising 55% of the tourists generating 85% of
wildlife tourism revenues (NB this figure does not include revenues for safari hunting
which are so far unavailable) in South Luangwa NP;
Allowing game viewing and safari hunting close to and even within the same areas as
each other thus exposing Zambia to the "Cecil effect" i.e. the luring from NP's using
baits and hunting of well known tourist-habituated lions which are worth many
multiples of revenue and jobs alive than dead;
Allowing encroachment and deforestation of protected areas;
Allowing commercial fishing in tourism areas; eg the Lower Zambezi was Zambia's
prime tourist area for sport fishing - there is no fishing ban, the river has been netted
out and even the NP is over-fished - the stretch of water between Kariba dam and
Luangwa Boma is Zambia's least protected stretch of river.
Allowing mining in tourism and conservation areas;
Opaque and inconsistent licensing practices at DNPW, and not allowing relevant
communities to benefit meaningfully from tourism activity.View entire presentation