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Wildlife Protection Aerial Patrols Aerial patrols remain one of the most effective management tools for monitoring any illegal activity in the Lower Zambezi National Park (LZNP) and surrounding Game Management Areas (GMAs), as well as providing support to patrol teams on the ground. CLZ and the Zambian Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) are fortunate to have access to a plane that allows them to carry out aerial patrols in the Lower Zambezi Area Management Unit on a monthly basis. As in previous years, in 2015, the plane was essential for spotting illegal activity, especially for finding elephant carcasses. The plane was responsible for detecting 60% of all poached elephant carcasses found in the park & GMA in 2015, and 52% of all elephant carcasses. Budgeted to fly 144 hours/year, the plane flew a total of 192 hours in the LZNP, surrounding GMAs and Kafue National Park (KNP). The plane flew a total of 10.2 hours in the Kafue National Park for various operations, earning CLZ US$4,080 to contribute to the running costs of the plane. Of this time, 4.4 hours were used to assist the Zambian Carnivore Programme in tracking cheetah, lion and wild dogs in their project area in KNP. A number of collared animals were re-located after not having been seen for a number of years. The plane also flew 2.5 hours of aerial patrolling for Game Rangers International (GRI) and ZAWA, with another 3.3 hours of ferry flights to KNP and back. The plane (Cessna 172) is owned by Glenn Goodall, who has kindly leased the plane at a minimal nominal fee to CLZ since 2010, and is piloted by CLZ’s CEO Ian Stevenson. Following a three-year extension of the lease in 2012 which came to an end in August 2015, Glenn Goodall generously agreed to extend the lease of the aircraft for another three years (July 2018). 192 hours aerial patrolling | 72% of all poached elephant carcasses detected in the park 12
Environmental Education Background Established in 2004, CLZ’s Nzou Environmental Education Programme aims to create awareness about the importance and value of wildlife protection and sustainable natural resource use. The target audience is the younger generation of the communities that surround the Lower Zambezi National Park. Living merely a stone’s throw away from the park, the majority of these children have never experienced the splendour of the park - but are instead typically exposed only to the threat of wildlife in the form of crop-raiding elephants and the occasional goat-stealing lion. Furthermore, poaching and unsustainable natural resource exploitation is rife in many of the communities surrounding the park. CLZ hopes to build a generation of children with an interest and knowledge of their environment thereby improving attitudes towards environmental issues within the communities surrounding the park. Over the years, the EEP has grown substantially, and in 2015 we reached out to school children from 56 schools around the park - Chiawa, Chongwe, Chinyunyu, Rufunsa and Luangwa. Environmental,Educa0on,Programme, School,visit, Outreach,visits, Teacher,Training, Workshop, Conserva0on,Quiz, 37day,visit,to,CLZ’s, EEP,Centre,on,the, border,of,the,Lower, Zambezi,Na0onal, Park,where,they, learn,about,the, geography,ecology, and,protec0on,of, LZNP, Educa0on,outreach, by,CLZ’s,educa0on, programme,team,to, schools,bordering, the,LZNP,to, encourage, conserva0on,clubs, and,HIV/AIDS, awareness, Teachers,Training, workshop,on,CLZ’z, NZOU,Environmental, Educa0on,Curriculum, to,incorporate,this, into,school,curricula, Conserva0on,–,and, health7oriented, Interschool, Conserva0on,Club, Compe00on,,7, crea0ng,a,plaPorm, for,learners,to, exchange,stories,and, experiences, 13
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Page 3 and 4: Annual Report for Conservation Lowe
Page 5 and 6: Contents Conservation Lower Zambezi
Page 7 and 8: Wildlife Protection Background CLZ
Page 9 and 10: Wildlife Protection Elephant Poachi
Page 11: Wildlife Protection Special Operati
Page 15 and 16: Environmental Education School Visi
Page 17 and 18: Funded by the International Elephan
Page 19 and 20: Community Support Anti-snare Campai
Page 21 and 22: Base Camp Accommodation ZAWA$/$CRB$
Page 23 and 24: Base Camp Staff Developments Base C
Page 25 and 26: Environmental Sustainability Carbon
Page 27 and 28: Annual Budget Financial Report CLZ
Page 29 and 30: Fundraising Events In 2015, CLZ rai
Page 31: In memory Timothy Mushibwe, †25 J

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