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ZAMCOM in partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Zambia, Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA) and the Kwando/Cuando River Basin Riparian States today launched two reports – The Kwando/Cuando State of the Basin Report and the Kwando/Cuando River Basin Health Report Card. The launch took place in Livingstone, Zambia on 3rd June, 2022.
The two reports are a result of a project titled “Transboundary Governance of the Kwando/Cuando River Basin: Protecting the Heart of Southern Africa” implemented by the partnership from 2019.
The specific objective of the Kwando/Cuando River Basin Project was to strengthen the transboundary dialogue, cooperation, planning, management, and governance of water resources in the Kwando/Cuando River Basin in Southern Africa to reduce any potential for conflict among the ....
Zambia has commended the Kwando/Cuando River Basin Riparian States for successfully completing the “Transboundary Governance of the Kwando/Cuando River Basin: Protecting the Heart of Southern Africa” project. The Riparian States are the Republics of Angola, Botswana, Namibia and Zambia.
The highlight of completion of the project was the launch of two publications – Kwando/Cuando State of the River Basin and the Kwando/Cuando River Basin Health Report Card at a colourful ceremony held on 3 June, 2022 in Livingstone, Zambia.
Zambia’s Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Water Development and Sanitation Mr. Lewis Mwansa officially launched the reports.
In his launching remarks, the Acting PS noted that the Kwando/Cuando is a critical headwater basin for both the KAZA and the entire Zambezi Watercourse.
Botswana is now the Chair of the Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM). This follows the 9th meeting for the organisation’s Council of Ministers (CoM) held recently.
Hosted by Angola on Thursday, 28h April, 2022, this was the second virtual meeting for the CoM. Angola’s Minister of Energy and Water, Hon. João Baptista Borges, out-going ZAMCOM Chair, presided over the meeting. The holding of the virtual meetings is in line with the new normal of hosting high level meetings due to the COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged the whole world.
Hon. Borges later handed over the Chairship to Botswana represented by Hon. Kefentse Mzwinila, the Minister of Lands and Water Affairs.ZAMCOM Chairship is rotational and takes place alphabetically annually at an ordinary session of the Council of Ministers meeting. This is the second time that Botswana takes over as Chair of ZAMCOM.