Lower Zambezi

7962 WDPA ID
4143.0 km² Reported Area

Type Terrestrial and Inland Waters Protected Areas

Location Zambia

Attributes

  • Original Name Lower Zambezi
  • English Designation National Park
  • IUCN Management Category II
  • Status Designated
  • Type of Designation National
  • Status Year 1983
  • Sublocation ZM-09
  • Governance Type Federal or national ministry or agency
  • Management Authority Department of National Parks and Wildlife
  • Management Plan Not Reported
  • International Criteria Not Applicable

Management Effectiveness Evaluations

  • METT 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2007, 2012
  • Birdlife IBA 2001

Affiliations

No information available

Sources (1)

  1. Protected Areas of Zambia Updated: 2021 Department of National Parks and Wildlife

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Tanganyika

Zambezi Floodplains

Mweru wa Ntipa

citation

UNEP-WCMC (2024). Protected Area Profile for Lower Zambezi from the World Database on Protected Areas, December 2024. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net