When the Bulldozers Never Came
Reported byBirdLife International ↗·Sourced by Goodlede
The Government of Zambia cancelled a copper mining licence for Lower Zambezi National Park after a 15-year advocacy effort by the African Sites Casework on Emerging Threats Taskforce (ASCET) and local environmental coalitions, protecting habitat for Southern Carmine Bee-eaters, egrets, and fish eagles.
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