Zambia Wildlife Act, 2015 (No. 14 of 2015).
Country
Type of law
Legislation
Abstract
This Act makes provision for the management and conservation of wildlife in Zambia. It also provides for trade in wild animals and meat of wild animals. The Act consists of 149 sections divided into 15 Parts: Preliminary (I); National Parks and Wildlife Department (II); National Parks, Community Partnership Parks and Bird and Wildlife Sanctuaries (III);Game Management Areas (IV); Community Resources Boards (V); Game Animals and Protected Animals (VI); Licences and Permits (VII); Hunting of Wild Animals (VIII); Killing, Wounding or Molesting wild animals (IX); Trophies (X); Trade In Wild Animals and Meat of Wild Animals (XI); The Wildlife Development Fund (XII); Enforcement (XIII); Offences and Penalties (XIV); General Provisions (XV).
The National Parks and Wildlife Department is established in the Ministry of in the Ministry responsible for tourism. The Department shall be responsible for the administration of this Act under the general direction of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry. The Department shall be headed by the Director of National Parks and Wildlife. Principles of wildlife conservation and management include sustainable and integrated management, equitable and effective participation of local communities and traditional leaders, equitable access to, and fair distribution of, the economic, social, health and environmental benefits derived from wildlife and recognition of traditional knowledge. There is also established a Wildlife Management Licensing Committee and a Wildlife Development Fund.
National parks and Game Management Areas shall be declared by the President whereas Community Partnership Park and wildlife sanctuaries shall be declared by the Minister. A person, local community, institution or organisation may apply to the Committee, in the prescribed manner and form, to enter into a partnership agreement with the Department in respect of a Community Partnership Park. A person shall not acquire a certificate of title in respect of any land in a National Park, Community Partnership Park or bird or wildlife sanctuary and granting of mining rights requires an environmental impact assessment. Hunting, fishing and other activities in protected areas is restricted as provided for by this Act. A local community may apply to the Minister for registration as a community resources board. The functions of a board are to promote and develop an integrated approach to the management of human and natural resources in a Community Partnership Park, Game Management Area or an open area falling under its jurisdiction.
Any person who reasonably believes that wildlife in protected areas may be affected by government plans or activities may request the Minister that a wildlife impact assessment be conducted. Authorizations that may be issued under this Act include, amongst others, a hunting licence, a bird licence, a professional hunter’s licence, a fishing permit and a trophy dealer’s permit. The Act sets out rules for the hunting of animals and possession of or trade in game animal or protected animal or meat of game or protected animal.
The National Parks and Wildlife Department is established in the Ministry of in the Ministry responsible for tourism. The Department shall be responsible for the administration of this Act under the general direction of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry. The Department shall be headed by the Director of National Parks and Wildlife. Principles of wildlife conservation and management include sustainable and integrated management, equitable and effective participation of local communities and traditional leaders, equitable access to, and fair distribution of, the economic, social, health and environmental benefits derived from wildlife and recognition of traditional knowledge. There is also established a Wildlife Management Licensing Committee and a Wildlife Development Fund.
National parks and Game Management Areas shall be declared by the President whereas Community Partnership Park and wildlife sanctuaries shall be declared by the Minister. A person, local community, institution or organisation may apply to the Committee, in the prescribed manner and form, to enter into a partnership agreement with the Department in respect of a Community Partnership Park. A person shall not acquire a certificate of title in respect of any land in a National Park, Community Partnership Park or bird or wildlife sanctuary and granting of mining rights requires an environmental impact assessment. Hunting, fishing and other activities in protected areas is restricted as provided for by this Act. A local community may apply to the Minister for registration as a community resources board. The functions of a board are to promote and develop an integrated approach to the management of human and natural resources in a Community Partnership Park, Game Management Area or an open area falling under its jurisdiction.
Any person who reasonably believes that wildlife in protected areas may be affected by government plans or activities may request the Minister that a wildlife impact assessment be conducted. Authorizations that may be issued under this Act include, amongst others, a hunting licence, a bird licence, a professional hunter’s licence, a fishing permit and a trophy dealer’s permit. The Act sets out rules for the hunting of animals and possession of or trade in game animal or protected animal or meat of game or protected animal.
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Long title of text
An Act to provide for the winding up of the affairs of the Zambia Wildlife Authority; establish the Department of National Parks and Wildlife in the Ministry responsible for tourism; provide for the appointment of a Director and other officers responsible for National Parks and Wildlife; provide for the transfer of the functions of the Authority to the Ministry responsible for tourism, Department of National Parks and Wildlife and Director of National Parks and Wildlife; establish the Wildlife Management Licencing Committee; provide for the establishment, control and management of National Parks, bird and wildlife sanctuaries and for the conservation and enhancement of wildlife eco-systems, biological diversity and objects of aesthetic, pre-historic, historical, geological, archeological and scientific interest in National Parks; provide for the promotion of opportunities for the equitable and sustainable use of the special qualities of public wildlife estates; provide for the establishment, control and co-management of Community Partnership Parks for the conservation and restoration of ecological structures for non-consumptive forms of recreation and environmental education; provide for the sustainable use of wildlife and the effective management of the wildlife habitat in Game Management Areas; enhance the benefits of Game Management Areas to local communities and wildlife; involve local communities in the management of Game Management Areas; provide for the development and implementation of management plans; provide for the regulation of game ranching; provide for the licensing of hunting and control of the processing, sale, import and export of wild animals and trophies; provide for the implementation of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Lusaka Agreement on Cooperative Enforcement Operations Directed at Illegal Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora and other international instruments to which Zambia is party; repeal the Zambia Wildlife Act, 1998; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of text
Repealed
No
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No
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