Location: Zambia

Zambia
Protecting Zambia’s national parks
- News Diggers Ltd.

News Diggers utilised this project to highlight the detrimental impact that construction in natural conservation areas has on surrounding communities. It looked at how the commercialisation of protected forests and natural parks has led to mass destruction. Participants produced three investigative documentaries, three radio packages, seven newspaper articles and three infographics on environmental controversies, with a particular focus on Forest Reserve 27 near Lusaka, the Chimutengo Forest and the Lower Zambezi National Park. Their aim was to provide the general public with in-depth information on the most pressing environmental issues affecting their country, and incite the government to come up with alternatives to the degazettement and commercialisation of important conservation areas.