Resource protection
our mission
The protection of Kasanka National Park needs to be maintained and improved. Poaching pressure is still growing, and the cost of wages, fuel, and other inputs has more than doubled in the past 3 years with the strengthening of the Zambian economy.
There are currently 25 law enforcement scouts in the park that are divided into five-man patrols. More scouts are needed in the field, they need to be kept mobile, equipped, motivated and housed near the park with their families.
Until attitudes and ways of life change, law enforcement and community outreach combined will help prevent the destruction of the wildlife, and remain the keys to the projects’ success.
45 arrests made in 2019
846 snares recovered in 2019
what is needed
*needs based on the 2020 budget and according to gaps in donor funding already secured – Updated in March 2020
