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for fishing has decreased fish populations in Bangweulu and throughout Zambia. To combat these problems, African Parks developed several community programs and enterprise projects, including bee-keeping, sustainable fisheries management, and reproductive health education. As a result, poaching and
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and community partnership is part of the Community Partnership Park concept created by the Ministry of Lands, Natural Resources and Environment Protection and Zambia Wildlife Authority's "Reclassification and Effective Management of National Protected Areas System" project. According to UNDP, the
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Past partners supporting Bangweulu Wetlands include the Bangweulu Wetlands Management Board and Kasanka Trust; current major funders supporting Bangweuu include WWF-The Netherlands, WWF-Zambia, and the Zambian Department of National Parks and Wildlife, according to African Parks. The Working for
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has worked to create conservation plans for the shoebill. African Parks and Fondation Segré's "Bangweulu Wetlands Wildlife Reintroduction Project" was initiated in 2016 and seeks to "recreate an ecologically viable protected area with the capacity to become sustainable".
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Huchzermeyer, C.F.; Huchzermeyer, K.D.A.; Christison, K.W.; Macey, B.M.; Colly, P.A.; Hang'ombe, B.M.; Songe, M.M. (26 July 2017). "First record of epizootic ulcerative syndrome from the Upper Congo catchment: An outbreak in the Bangweulu swamps, Zambia".
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project seeks to "improve the management of existing Protected Areas through law enforcement and to propose new protected area categories to ensure the community owns and manages the natural resources in a sustainable manner".
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began managing Bangweulu in partnership with Zambia's Department of National Parks and Wildlife with the establishment of the Bangweulu Wetland Management Board in 2008.
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In 2008, African Parks began managing Bangweulu with the establishment of the Bangweulu Wetland Management Board, which includes representation by African Parks, the
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The Bangweulu Wetlands ecosystem was first described in the 1940s. Bangweulu, which means "where the water meets the sky", is located mostly within Zambia's
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McKey, Doyle B.; Durécu, Mélisse; Pouilly, Marc; Béarez, Philippe; Ovando, Alex; Kaleb, Mashuta; Huchzermeyer, Carl F. (27 December 2016).
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Mullers, Ralf H. E.; Amar, Arjun (March 2015). "Parental Nesting Behavior, Chick Growth and Breeding Success of Shoebills (
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Bangweulu encompasses several villages, and an estimated 50,000–90,000 people depend on the wetlands, resulting in
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Ecology, Conservation and Management of the Black Lechwe (Kobus Leche Smithemani) in the Bangweulu Basin, Zambia
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Fitzpatrick, Mary; Grosberg, Michael; Holden, Trent; Morgan, Kate; Ray, Nick; Waters, Richard (1 June 2013).
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Water Project's mission is to survey and protect Africa's major wetlands, including Bangweulu, the
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manages a 6,000-square-kilometre (2,300 sq mi) area of the greater Bangweulu ecosystem.
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other illegal activities have been largely contained, and fish stocks have managed to recover.
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were reintroduced to the reserve in late 2020, almost a century after their absence.
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threatened by habitat burning for farming, competition with fisheries,
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Bangweulu has been designated as an "Important Bird Area" by
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A variety of bird species live in Bangweulu, including the
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Index

Bangweulu Swamps

wetlands
Map showing the location of Bangweulu Wetlands
Zambia
11°36′S 30°05′E / 11.600°S 30.083°E / -11.600; 30.083
Ramsar Wetland
wetland
ecosystem
Lake Bangweulu
Zambia
Ramsar Convention
BirdLife International
African Parks
Northern Province
Ramsar Convention
wetlands
floodplains
grasslands
woodlands
swamps
Chambeshi
Luapula
African Parks
Cyperus papyrus
miombo
reeds
crocodiles
water birds
Burchell's zebra

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