Liuwa Plains National Park

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Liuwa Plain National Park is an approximately 1,390-square-mile national park in Zambia's Western Province. Liuwa means plain in the local Lozi language, and the plains originally served as a hunting ground for Lubosi Lewanika, the Litunga of the Lozi people. The area was designated as a protected area by Lubosi Lewanika in the early 1880s, and as a national park in 1972, when Zambia's government took over management. The nonprofit conservation organization African Parks has managed Liuwa in partnership with the Department of National Parks and Wildlife and the Barotse Royal Establishment since 2003. The park's grasslands support a variety of large mammals, including tens of thousands of blue wildebeest, whose annual migration is Africa's second largest. Frequently sighted large predators include the cheetah, spotted hyena, and lion, the most famous of which was a female resident called Lady Liuwa, who was the subject of a National Geographic documentary before she died of natural causes in 2017. Lady Liuwa was the only remaining lion in the area, following years of excess hunting, prior to African Parks' assuming management and introducing additional lions to encourage the reestablishment of a pride. More than 300 bird species have been recorded in Liuwa, which has experienced limited tourism until recently. Animal populations have since stabilized, despite declines and local extinctions during the 1990s–2000s.
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We are taking you from Botswana across the border, first for a short visit in the Caprivi Strip in Namibia, then onwards to ZAMBIA where we travel up the Western Province to LIUWA NATIONAL PARK.

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The Zambia Tourism, Let's Explore program broadcast an EleFest 2016 special on 17 May 2016.

On 14 May, over a thousand people gathered at EleFest 2016 in Lusaka to celebrate wildlife conservation in Zambia. The music and arts festival was attended by the Director of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife, Mr. Paul Zyambo as well as over a thousand members of the public, conservation organisations and supporters, artists and musicians.

The highlight of the festival was the headline act Mokoomba, an acclaimed Zimbabwean Afropop band just back from their US tour. Mokoomba shared the stage with several household names of Zambian afrojazz and soul who are trumpeting their support for the conservation of Zambia’s wildlife including Maureen Lilanda, James Sakala and the Elect Band, Wezi Heartsound, Mumba Yachi and Kapiri Mposhi 4.0.

EleFesters were also invited to learn more about conservation through exhibitions from Conservation Lower Zambezi, Game Rangers International, BioCarbon Partners, Zambia Carnivore Programme, Zambia Tourism Board and WWF Zambia. Jigsaw puzzles, quizzes, GIS maps and other activities took the conservation message to new audiences.

Why EleFest? What’s the cause? #OurZambiaOurWildlife

Zambia is home to a breathtaking diversity of rare wildlife and habitats. It is home to the world’s largest mammal migration (Straw Coloured Fruit Bats, Kasanka National Park), second largest wildebeest migration (Liuwa Plains National Park), one of the world’s most important African Wild Dog strongholds (Kafue National Park) and Lion strongholds (South Luangwa National Park).

The elephant population of Zambia is one of the most significant in Africa but their numbers are threatened by ivory poaching and habitat loss. Experts have reported that 100 elephants are being killed every day in Africa. Elephants are killed for their ivory tusks, which are used for ornaments and medicine mostly in Asia.

Zambia’s elephant population has reduced to a tenth of numbers which were reported 50 years ago. In the 1960s Zambia was home to approximately 250,000 elephants, whereas today estimates reach only around 21,000. Recent reports have congratulated the Department of National Parks and Wildlife and supporting conservation organisations in halting the rapid decline experienced in previous years but now the challenge is to continue to protect the remaining vulnerable populations from the ever-present threat of poaching.

It is illegal to be involved in elephant poaching or trafficking in Zambia. If found guilty, elephant poachers can go to prison, for 5 to 20 years.

Its not just ivory and other trafficking but also the illegal bushmeat trade which threatens elephants as well as almost all other Zambian animals. Eating meat from wild animals killed illegally has been reported as the the primary cause of decline of wild animals across Africa. Bushmeat is harvested mainly by the use of wire snares. Every day, poachers may use thousands of such snares across Zambia. It is estimated that almost 90% of animals caught in snares are not collected by poachers, but left to rot. Bushmeat poaching is the least efficient use of any wildlife resource. The bushmeat trade is in no way sustainable and highly destructive of Zambia’s wildlife. As well as damaging to the environment, eating bushmeat can also be very harmful to your health. Epidemiologists strongly suspect that infectious diseases such as Ebola and HIV jumped to human populations through the hunting and eating of bushmeat. Illegal bushmeat is often lumped together in unidentifiable bundles with consumers unaware of what animal they are eating and how hygienically the meat has been prepared and transported therefore risking dysentery and other zoonotic diseases.

In Zambia there are some legal game meat options from game farms but much of the meat that is available is illegal. Eating and trading in bushmeat without a licence is illegal. If found guilty, bushmeat consumers can go to prison for 7 years.

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The Department of National Parks and Wildlife under the Ministry of Tourism and Arts carries out conservation efforts in Zambia with the support of many organisations including Game Rangers International and WWF Zambia.

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