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The Sixth National Development Plan strengthens environmental protection and management. Such practices include the
control of bush fires in forest areas.
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The theme of Zambia’s Sixth National Development
Plan (2011-2015) is ‘Sustained Economic Growth
and Poverty Reduction’. The plan focuses on policies,
strategies and programmes that will contribute
significantly to the realization of broad-based pro-
poor growth, employment creation and human
development.
The plan’s objectives within the environment sector
are to:
• Strengthen the existing policy and legal
framework for effective environmental
management;
• Strengthen environmental protection and
management; and,
Sixth National Development Plan
• Promote effective management of the
environment and Zambia’s natural resources in
key sectors (GRZ, 2010).
The environment sector has implemented
various programmes in line with the Sixth
National Development Plan. Key among these
is the strengthening of existing policy and legal
frameworks through the Environmental Management
Act No. 12 (2011). The Water Resources Management
Act and the National Water Policy were also enacted
to ensure that water resources are efficiently
managed and regulated.