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Southern African Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC)
I Musokotwane Environment Resource Centre for Southern Africa (IMERCSA)
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Southern African Development Community (SADC) Water Division
SADC Secretariat, SADC House, Private Bag 0095, Gaborone, Botswana
Tel +267 395 1863 Fax +267 397 2848 /318 1070 Email
registry@sadc.int www.sadc.intA Shared Future within a Regional Community
Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM)
Interim Secretariat, Block C, Fairgrounds Office Park, P.O. Box 45169, Gaborone, Botswana
Tel +267 365 6660 Fax +267 390 9368 Email
zamcom@zambezicommission.org www.zambezicommission.orgGRID-Arendal
Teaterplassen 3 N-4836 Arendal, Norway
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grid@grida.no www.grida.noUnited Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Division of EarlyWarning and Assessment (DEWA)
P.O. Box 30552, Nairobi 00100, Kenya
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Africa.Coordinator@unep.org www.unep.org© SARDC, SADC, ZAMCOM, GRID-Arendal, UNEP 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7974-5010-3
This book is accessible online through GRID-Arendal
www.grida.nowith links to the Virtual Library for Southern Africa
www.sardc.net(Knowledge for Development) as well as
www.sadc.int, www.zambezicommission.organd
www.unep.orgAll rights reserved. The contents of this book may be quoted with due credit to the authors and publishing partners, but may not be
reproduced, all or in part, without permission from the copyright holders.
Citation: SADC/SARDC and others 2012. Zambezi River Basin Atlas of the Changing Environment. SADC, SARDC, ZAMCOM, GRID-Arendal,
UNEP. Gaborone, Harare and Arendal
The designation of geographical entities, use of any name in this publication, and the presentation of the material do not imply the
expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of SADC, ZAMCOM, SARDC, GRID-Arendal or UNEP or concerning the legal status of any
country or territory, or area of its authority, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
Cover Design by Paul Wade and Tonely Ngwenya
Cover Artwork by Tapfuma Gutsa. Made fromTonga baskets, the front cover depicts the Zambezi river spirit, Nyaminyami, and the back cover
image is Mulonga, the river. Related artwork inside is Husha, all fromTapfuma Gutsa’s exhibition titled Mulonga, DeepWaters and Starry Skies
Cartography, design and print by GRID-Arendal, Norway