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Recommendations
• Improve national implementation of the
Environmental Management Act and
other regulations that have a bearing on
environmental management.
• Continue to strengthen the co-ordination
between agencies mandated to protect the
environment.
• Implement more programmes to supplement
government efforts to ensure environmental
management.
• Improve the provision of basic social services
particularly in rapidly growing urban areas.
• Implement infrastructure development
programmes for the provision of basic social
services.
• Reduce dependence on natural resource,
particularly on woodfuel, by developing
renewable energy technologies.
• Identify priority sectors and technologies
needed to integrate climate change
adaptation measures into development
policies.
• Improve the institutional and legal framework
for the mining sector and monitor and enforce
such laws through Environmental Impact
Assessments and Environmental Management
Plans and Audits.
• Strengthen tree-planting programmes
especially in areas affected by charcoal
production and timber harvesting.
• Implement measures to promote sustainable
farming practices.
• Increase community participation in managing
natural resources in order to raise awareness
about the importance of the environment.
• Invest in infrastructure to improve water
supply and sanitation.
• Strongly enforce legislation in order to
safeguard protected areas, natural heritage
sites and wetlands.
• Create and enforce deterrent penalties against
bushfires.
• Raise awareness about environmental issues
through regular education and information
dissemination activities.
• Continuously develop the capacity of
institutions mandated to protect the
environment and natural resources such as the
Zambia Environmental Management Agency,
Forestry and Fisheries Department, and
Zambia Wildlife Authority .
• Make sustainable land use practices central to
agriculture, mining, forestry and wildlife.
• Bring the spread of invasive alien species
under control in order to protect the country’s
biodiversity, food security, health and
economic development.