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“We Were Paid K20’’- The Human Cost of Zambia’s Illegal Logging Boom
By Lucy Nambela Chiawa GMA, about 150 kilometres southeast of the capital Lusaka, is a key conservation buffer zone...
Mining Firm Secures Licence to Dig in Protected Area
By Ronny Mukontwa Documents reveal that the government has approved large-scale mineral exploration inside the...
Black Gold, Lost Childhoods – How Poverty is Fueling Child Labour in Monze’s Charcoal Trade
By Emily Kuwema Before sunrise, 14-year-old Alfred Habwaya* disappears into the thinning woodland of Chona Chiefdom in...
Strengthening Community-Led Conservation: WCP Zambia Supports Learning Exchange and WPAZ’s First Game Ranch Field Day
By Natasha Kabanda Empowering communities living in or near protected areas is essential to reducing illegal bushmeat...
Toxic Gold: Inside Muchinga’s Chaotic Rush that’s Poisoning Rivers & Communities
By Sandra Kunda In Chipowe village, deep within Mukungule in Mpika district of northern Zambia, 32-year-old Idah...
WCP Launches Co-Created Pangolin Protection Campaign in Solwezi
By Maina Malaya “The government’s last born.” “If you see it in your yard, just shift!” “What makes it so special?”...
From the Newsroom to the Wild: Media Leaders Visit Kafue National Park
By Natasha Kabanda In an effort to strengthen the link between media and conservation, ten managing editors from...
Empowering Nature’s Protectors
By Natasha Kabanda “To protect nature, we must protect its protectors.” The words of IUCN President Razan Al Mubarak...
Bridging Tradition and Law to Save Zambia’s Vanishing Forests
By Maina Malaya & Ruth Mulenga A group of chiefs, government officials, and conservationists gathered in July, not...
Dust, Sweat & Gears: Elephant Charge 2025 Powers Conservation in Zambia
Engines thundered, dust rose, and hearts pounded as the Elephant Charge 2025 roared to life deep in the Zambian bush...