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This month, after an active and exciting educational visit to CLZ Base Camp, 24 lucky students from Luangwa, in our 'Nzou' Environmental Education Programme and their teachers received the flight of their life, courtesy of Proflight Zambia. This was a great way to end a great week.
These 24 students kicked off the first of six school visits to CLZ Base Camp in 2015 for our new school visit programme covering animal behaviour, the Lower Zambezi food web, sustainable fishing, wildlife trafficking and HIV/AIDS. The students responded to these lessons with great enthusiasm, and the knowledge gathered in the classroom was complemented by activities to see nature in action through boat trips and game drives. They were also shown how conservation can also be a career choice through an encouraging careers talk delivered by Victor and Chris, fantastic safari Guides from Royal Zambezi Lodge. The game drives were made possible thanks to Chongwe Safaris who kindly lent us the use of their car and incredibly knowledgeable driver, Bob Kamambo. The children continued their lucky streak by viewing sightings of both wild-dogs and lions - the experience of a lifetime!
The children waved their goodbyes and clambered onto CLZ’s big green truck, prepared for a 12 hour drive back home to Luangwa Boma. This truck journey only made it as far as the Royal Zambezi Airstrip where the children and teachers where told the real mode of transport they would be taking 3 aeroplanes back home, thanks to Proflight Zambia and their team!
We would like to thank Proflight Zambia and also the enthusiastic pilots who gave up their time showing the children the planes and talking to the children about life in the skies. So, thank you Captain Vivian, Captain CP, Captain Julian and First Officers Emmanuel and Kalenga for making this the flight of their lives! We wish the children all the best and hope this trip has taken their interest to new heights.
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ZAWA helps fight global wildlife trafficking
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Congratulations to the Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) for their recent success in the fight against wildlife trafficking. Leading on from the introduction of the topic to our EEP curriculum, it was encouraging to witness local law enforcement success against this destructive and global problem.
Earlier this month, ZAWA’s Lower Zambezi Management Unit and a Siavonga HWPO intercepted a live pangolin being trafficked across the border to Zimbabwe. They were able to capture the pangolin and safely return and release it back into its natural habitat in the Lower Zambezi National Park. This is a great success for ZAWA and highlights their important role in our global fight against wildlife trafficking. Pangolins are the third highest wildlife product being involved in illegal trafficking around the world, next to ivory and rhino horn.
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Advanced Combat Tracking Training for CLZ and ZAWA
Assistant Ops Manager Peter Tembo, who started in CLZ 's housekeeping team, this month attended a 3-week training course in Advanced Combat Training in Zimbabwe, along with representatives from ZAWA Lower Zambezi and Kafue. The course was held at Save Valley Conservancy, and was conducted by the Anti-Poaching Tracking Specialists (ATS) with trainees from across Southern Africa. CLZ was pleased to be able to further invest in Peter’s professional development through this tough and demanding course, which will help him in his role to work with scouts in the field and develop the ability of the patrol teams. We would like to thank AMSCO for helping them aid in the funding of this course. We look forward to having Peter back in camp this month ready to put his newly developed skills to the test!
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