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Zambia is endowed with an abundance of
natural resources that include, water, forests and wildlife.
The country's wildlife resources are managed through
government-supported National Parks and Game Management
Areas (GMAs) and private sector game ranches. The main
objective of this wildlife sector policy review is to
consolidate the findings collected from an extensive
bibliography published during the life of the current
policy, and the analysis of key sector practitioners. The
second objective is to analyze these findings with a view to
formulating broad recommendations to inform the design of
the new vision and new policy of the sector. This document
aims to identify policy issues that would provide a basis
for the creation of an enabling environment for the
development of the wildlife sector as a growth sector
according to the Sixth National Development Plan (SNDP) and
the vision 2030. It contains five provisional priority
recommendations that offer practical solutions and six
strategic options which constitute policy objectives. In
conclusion, an improvement of the policy framework could
have a large impact on how people and wildlife relate and
coexist in Zambia. This policy review confirmed that, while
important policy measures are necessary, particularly for
shared growth, the adoption of a forward looking wildlife
policy and act will not be sufficient if it is not
accompanied by unequivocal willingness on the part of
Government to reorganize and strengthen Zambia Wildlife
Authority's (ZAWA's) capacity and provide
financing commensurate to its need.
