May 2024

The Illicit Logging of Mukula in Luapula
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Status: Open Case (Red Flag)   Last updates: 2024: civil society are calling on the government to set up a commission of enquiry into the mukula trade in the last ten years; Given Lubinda and Jean Kapata’s case against the...
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The Degazetting of Forest 27 in Lusaka
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Status: Reopened Case (Red Flag) Last updates: 2024: Construction is still going on coupled by selling of new plots and putting up of beacons on illegally claimed land. An area for a fuel station in the degazetted area has been...
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The Cancellation of Lower Zambezi Mining License
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Status: Open Case (Red Flag) Concerns Threat to wildlife and ecosystem, and risk of polluting the Zambezi Irregular approval process, questions about political leverage and undue influence Little transparency in the disclosure of information Gaps and loopholes in the legislative...
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The Batoka Gorge Dam Controversy
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Status: Open Case (Red Flag) Last updates: Apr. 2024: ZRA is set to resume tendering for prospective developers of the project, starting 2025 Sep. 2023: UNESCO has given Zambia and Zimbabwe permission to build a $5 billion hydroelectric dam downstream...
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