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Initially funded by safari operators, local stakeholders and Humba Bush Foundation, CLZ provided limited logistical support to NPWS wildlife scouts. CLZ had no base from which to work and had only one paid employee. However in about 1999 the Danish Ambassador Mr. Mads Sandau, after a visit to the Lower Zambezi, took a keen interest in CLZ and the area. In a short period he availed funds to secure a small base in the Valley from where CLZ could operate, two vehicles, an aircraft, a communications network and operating capital which funded fuel, rations, maintenance and day to day anti poaching operations.
The Danish funding for
anti-poaching expired in 2002. The Royal Danish Embassy (RDE) offered to
support the construction of an Environmental Education Centre and to procure
transport, equipment and supplies necessary for the same. At the time CLZ was
operating on land owned by a safari lodge and it was decided, given the high
level of investment, that CLZ would be best served if the investment was made
into land it owned. A new
Base Camp and Education Centre were constructed and officially opened in October
2005 by the First Lady of Zambia. The opening of the Education
Centre proved to be a critical moment for CLZ. It had taken on a greater role
in conservation in Zambia and accepted a wider remit in educating the youth and
communities in the benefits of preserving the natural environment for their own
sakes and improved livelihoods. Conservation lower zambezi todayIn 2008, the board members of Conservation Lower Zambezi are Chairman: Timothy Mushibwe Vice-chairman: Grant Cumings Treasurer: Vipool Patidar Secretary: Alex Barrett Chris Liebenberg, Riccardo Garbaccio, Alex Medinger, Thomas Gass, Maxwell Syamalimba, HRH Chieftainess Chiyaba, Kamuti Simushi (ZAWA Area Warden), Ian Stevenson and Alan Harkness. Constitutional Objectives:The primary objective of the Society is to assist in the preservation and protection of wildlife and its habitat, as an asset and resource of the country and people of Zambia. To see the full CLZ constitution please click here.
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Conservation Lower Zambezi (CLZ)
is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) specialised in promoting the protection
of fauna and flora in the Lower Zambezi National Park (LZNP) and in the
surrounding Game Management Areas (GMA). The organisation was jointly
established and registered under the Zambia Societies Act in 1995, by
conservationists, safari tour operators and stakeholders within the LZNP and
Chiawa GMA in an effort to supplement and compliment ZAWA. CLZ is governed by a Constitution and an
annually elected Board. An elected Executive Committee oversees day to day
operations whereas matters of policy are dealt with by the Board.
During the period of transition
from NPWS to ZAWA, poaching countrywide increased massively. However CLZ
supported anti-poaching operations very effectively, keeping poaching to a
minimum in the Lower Zambezi. As well as providing transport (road, air and river) and other logistical
support to ZAWA anti poaching activities, CLZ has saved numerous animals,
particularly wild dogs, lions and elephants, by darting them to remove
potentially lethal wire snares. 
