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Zambian Gov't Says Conserving Natural Resources Vital for Poverty Reduction

Posted on: Wednesday, 24 November 2004, 09:00 CST

Zambian gov't says conserving natural resources vital for poverty reduction

LUSAKA, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Zambian government has called for interventions that would stimulate sound management practices for the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources in the country, local newspaper Daily Mail reported Tuesday.

Lusaka Province Permanent Secretary Lillian Kapulu was quoted as saying Zambia's bio-diversity was being lost due to human and livestock activities that have resulted in land degradation and other environmental disorders.

Kapulu said bio-diversity conservation was central to the development of the national environmental policy.

She said the policy related to poverty reduction through sustainable and judicious use of natural resources as the nation targeted the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals of reducing bio-diversity loss by the year 2015.

Kapulu underscored the government's commitment to the development of a national environmental policy within the context of the poverty reduction strategy paper.

She said at the core of the envisaged environmental policy was the need to ensure that Zambia maintained its bio-diversity and ecosystem that were essential to the survival of people.

Kapulu stressed that conservation and sustainable use of natural resources was increasingly recognized as a component of global efforts to reduce poverty since the livelihoods of many people depended on the environment.

Source: Xinhua News Agency - CEIS

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