Wildlife conservation efforts need to be stepped up – Banda

Charles Banda and Minister Felix Mutati visited the Liuwa National Park

Minister of Tourism and Arts Charles Banda says wildlife conservation efforts need to be stepped up for posterity.

He says there is need to do more conservation, coupled with aggressive marketing to achieve the tourism dream of government.

Mr. Banda says government could not achieve everything on itself, hence the need for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) that can bring on board the private sector and local communities in the tourism sector.

He was speaking when he and Works and Supply Minister Felix Mutati visited the Liuwa National Park over the weekend.

Meanwhile Mr Mutati noted that the Public Private Partnership in the Liuwa is working, providing the practical solution that there can never be sustainable conservation without the partnership of the Government, private sector and local communities.

And African Parks (AP) Chief Executive Officer, Peter Fearnhead says the visit by the two Ministers to the park shows the government’s commitment to what his organization is doing in the Liuwa.