Zambia Wildlife Act (No.12 of 1998).
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Type of law
Legislation
Abstract
The Act consists of 145 sections divided into 14 Parts: Preliminary (I); The Zambia Wildlife Authority (II); Community Resources Board (III); National Parks (IV); Game Management Areas (V); Game animals and protected animals (VI); Licences (VII); Hunting of wild animals (VIII); Killing, wounding or molesting wild animals (IX); Trophies (X); Sale and transfer of wildlife animals and of meat of wildlife animals (XI); Import and export of wild animals, meat and trophies (XII); Enforcement provisions (XIII); Offences, penalties and forfeitures (XIV).
The Zambia Wildlife Authority is established as a body corporate under section 3. Functions of the Authority shall include, inter alia: to control, manage, conserve, protect and administer National Parks, bird sanctuaries, wildlife sanctuaries and Game Management Areas and coordinate activities in such areas; in partnership with local communities, to share the responsibilities of management in Game Management Areas; and to issue licences and permits under this Act (sect. 5). A local community along geographic boundaries contiguous in a Game Management Area or an open area or a particular chiefdom with common interest in the wildlife and natural resources in that area, may apply to the Authority for registration as a community resources board (sect. 6). A board shall establish a fund to enhance the economic and social well-being of the local community within the area. The President may declare national parks under section 10. Sections 11 and 12 concern land rights and other rights in a national park. Sections 14 and following prohibit or place restrictions on various activities in national parks. The President may, after consultation with the authority and the local community, declare any area of land within the Republic to be a Game Management Area for the sustainable utilisation of wildlife and for the purposes of this Act (sect. 26). Section 33 specifies hunting licences that may be granted under this Act. The Minister may issue special licences under section 40. (completed by A Schedule containing rules regarding administration of the Authority. The Minister shall also have the power to make Regulations on specified matters covered by this Act including the implementation of Zambia's obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity of 1992.
The Zambia Wildlife Authority is established as a body corporate under section 3. Functions of the Authority shall include, inter alia: to control, manage, conserve, protect and administer National Parks, bird sanctuaries, wildlife sanctuaries and Game Management Areas and coordinate activities in such areas; in partnership with local communities, to share the responsibilities of management in Game Management Areas; and to issue licences and permits under this Act (sect. 5). A local community along geographic boundaries contiguous in a Game Management Area or an open area or a particular chiefdom with common interest in the wildlife and natural resources in that area, may apply to the Authority for registration as a community resources board (sect. 6). A board shall establish a fund to enhance the economic and social well-being of the local community within the area. The President may declare national parks under section 10. Sections 11 and 12 concern land rights and other rights in a national park. Sections 14 and following prohibit or place restrictions on various activities in national parks. The President may, after consultation with the authority and the local community, declare any area of land within the Republic to be a Game Management Area for the sustainable utilisation of wildlife and for the purposes of this Act (sect. 26). Section 33 specifies hunting licences that may be granted under this Act. The Minister may issue special licences under section 40. (completed by A Schedule containing rules regarding administration of the Authority. The Minister shall also have the power to make Regulations on specified matters covered by this Act including the implementation of Zambia's obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity of 1992.
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An Act to establish the Zambia Wildlife Authority and to define its functions; to provide for the establishment, control and management of National Parks and for the conservation and enhancement of Wildlife ecosystems, biodiversity, and of objects of aesthetic pre historic historical geological, archaeological and scientific interest in National parks; and for the promotion of opportunities for the equitable and sustainable use wildlife and effective management of the wildlife habitat in Game management Areas; to enhance the benefits of Game Management Areas; to provide for the development and implementation of management plans; to provide for the regulation of game ranching; to provide for the licensing, sale, import and export of wild animals and trophies; to provide for the implementation of the convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna, the convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Water Fowl Habitat, the convention on Biological Diversity and the Lusaka Agreement on Cooperative Enforcement Operations Directed at illegal Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora; to repeal the National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1991; and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing.
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The Act shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by Statutory Instrument, appoint.
Repealed
Yes
Source language
English
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No
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