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The Encroachment of Lusaka National Park by Politically Influential Persons

by admin|12 August 202402 October 2024|Open Case (Red Flag)

Status: Open Case (Red Flag) Last updates: September 2024 - The Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) has demolished about 30 illegally built structures in Lusaka National Park. The Ministry of Tourism has also instituted investigations into the illegal land...

Chipata Transparency Action Group Waves The Red Flag: The Chipata Forestry

by admin|25 June 202425 June 2024|Witness Testimony

In Eastern Province, we are lucky to count on the enthusiastic and tireless work of our Chipata Transparency Action Group (TAG). According to Chipata TAG Animator Mr. Reuben Zulu, who is also ALAC Coordinator, and Vice-Chairperson Mrs. Nellie Ndhlovu Ngulube,...

The Illicit Logging of Mukula in Luapula

by admin|31 May 202403 June 2024|Open Case (Red Flag)

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...

The Degazetting of Forest 27 in Lusaka

by admin|31 May 202412 August 2024|Open Case (Red Flag)

Status: Open 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...

The Cancellation of Lower Zambezi Mining License

by admin|30 May 202403 June 2024|Closed Case (Blue Flag)

Status: Closed Case (Blue 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...

The Batoka Gorge Dam Controversy

by admin|30 May 202403 June 2024|Open Case (Red Flag)

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...