Inaugural KAZA Summit gathers steam :: Mmegi Online

LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA: The inaugural Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA) Heads of State Summit went into its second day today, with technical officials detailing the health of the rangeland most populated by elephants in the world.

KAZA aerial survey coordinator, Darren Potgieter, headlined a panel discussion on technical issues within the region, focussing on the implication for policy and management.

The KAZA region, a 520,000-square kilometre wetland paradise straddling Botswana, Angola, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, last year finalised its first combined elephant census which found that the pachyderms’ populations in the area are stable. The census put the combined population at nearly 230,000, the world’s largest continuous population of elephants by far.

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