Maintaining the harmony between rivers and forests to safeguard food and nutrition security in Zambia

Human activities have for a while now greatly influenced how our water bodies and forests are conserved. With fishing and the making of charcoal and firewood as the major livelihood activities for Zambians living along the rivers and lakes, trees are cut extensively to support these activities. Coupled with artisanal mining activities and indiscriminate disposal of industrial waste into rivers in places like the Kafue River basin, the degradation of rivers is becoming more pronounced.  

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