Q FM Africa's Modern Radio
The United States, through the U.S. agency for international development (USAID), has launched the $21million dollars eastern Kafue nature alliance which will bring the public, private, and civil society actors together with local communities to address threats to biodiversity in and around the eastern side of Zambia’s Kafue national park.
Implemented by the nature conservancy (TNC) and supported with a $10 million grant from USAID, the eastern Kafue nature alliance launch coincides with world earth day 2022 and is a collaboration of private sector partners Kashikoto conservancy limited and amatheon agri zambia limited.
In a statement availed to q news, U.S embassy public affairs officer Phil Dimon explains that the eastern Kafue nature alliance aims to develop and strengthen community-led conservation models to help secure natural resources in Zambia’s eastern Kafue landscape.
Mr. Dimon says the $21.3 million program will empower local communities in conservation and sustainable management while strengthening relationships between local communities and the private sector, adding that the alliance has received approximately $11.3 million from private sector partners in addition to the $10 million USAID funding.
He explains that USAID and its partners will through the alliance implement four key strategic approaches to address the drivers of biodiversity loss: strengthening management and regulatory compliance to conserve forests and wildlife in game management areas; developing inclusive conservation-friendly agriculture and nature-based markets; improving community access to safe water and health care for mothers and children.