The second Facebook live This is Not A Game Q and A session was focused on game farms and legal game meat. The guest of this session was an expert on the matter, Ms Susan Siamundele who is a senior conservation officer from the Department of national parks and wildlife.
Ms Siamundele addressed one of the most pressing questions with regards to who can own a game farm among other questions from the public. Follow the links below to catch up and look out for more informative This is Not A Game Q&A’s coming soon.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsNotAGameZm/
Instagram: https://instagram.com/notagamezm?igshid=1lokj3sr70wia
Website: http://www.thisisnotagame.info
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Join the Bats Without Borders 2nd #WingedWednesday Webinar today, with Dr Hernani Oliveira, who will be talking about the Brazilian savannas (Cerrado), which occupy more than 2 million Km2.
This biodiversity hot spot has a rich bat fauna (~120 bat species), but has suffered high deforestation rates mainly due to cattle ranching and soy bean cultivation. Hernani will be discussing the diversity of bats, their interactions, and their threatened Brazilian savanna habitat.
Hernani’s talk will take place at 15 hrs today, the 20th May, and pre-registration is essential for new participants. To register visit: www.batswithoutborders.org
If you are unable to join in, and would like to catch up on previous Webinars then you can find them by scrolling down to the bottom of Bats Without Border’s Webinar page.
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Conservation Lower Zambezi’s new dogs are almost halfway through their 16-week training program with Invictus K9 and they are showing great progress.
The new dogs have been imprinted on ammunition, ivory and pangolin so they are now able to successfully conduct baggage and building searches. The handlers and dogs have been trekking through the Lower Zambezi National Park. This team work is helping them to learn to focus in an environment surrounded by numerous new smells and distractions.
To follow their training you can visit CLZ’s news on their website. You can also catch up with CLZ’s other conservation activities in their monthly newsletters.
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The Zambian bush meat campaign team, This Is Not A Game, hosted a live Facebook question and answer session on Thursday 14 May 2020. The team answered a lot of frequently asked questions from the public.
What makes bush meat illegal and where should illegal bush meat traders be reported, were some of the many questions the team addressed. If you missed the event and would like to find out more, or even ask them a new question for their next session, you can do so by visiting:
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsNotAGameZm/
Instagram : https://instagram.com/notagamezm?igshid=7q645qnkw06f
Website: http://www.thisisnotagame.info
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Saturday 9th May was World Migratory Bird Day, and Zambia participated by joining in Global Big Day – the worldwide bird count. Over 30 teams bird spotted around the country, including from within our National Parks – Kafue, Kasanka, Lochinvar, Lower Zambezi, Mosi-oa Tunya and South Luangwa.
Worldwide, over 50,000 people went birding, keeping a watch out in their own gardens and local spaces and parks – this year having to adhere to their local health advice because of COVID-19.
Totally worldwide:
- 6,479 species recorded
- 62,296 photos were shared with the Macaulay Library
- 1,922 audio recordings were shared with the Macaulay Library
Zambia recorded 416 species, coming in 16th globally, and 2nd in Africa, after Kenya who came 1st, recording an amazing 608 species!
You can find out more information on which species were spotted here in Zambia by visiting Global Big Day’s website.
Birdwatch hopes to hold the next countrywide bird count in October. If you would like to join in then contact them at Birdwatch Zambia.
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