Ecotourism in Angola
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ANGOLA, 2015/05/14
At the conference, held for the initial time, the minister agreed that boosting and promoting ecotourism in the various conservation areas will provide numerous gains to both sectors.
The Environment minister said that the chain of environmental actions involving tourism will promote the complexity of national culture and strengthen the economy.
Angolan ministers of Environment Fátima Jardim, and Hotel and Tourism, Pedro Mutinde, met Wednesday in Luanda, under the presidential order on the promotion of ecotourism in protected areas.
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BOTSWANA, 2013/11/12
KAZA, Kavango-Zambezi Conservation Area, covers an enormous area around Livingstone, into Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia and Botswana. The plan is to include the villages inside the conservation area and allow the animals free passage from one National Park to an extra.
And the animals, notably, elephant are presently moving into and around Sioma Ngwezi National Park. They are moving outside the park and going in to the villages. Although the planting season has not started properly the villagers are by presently complaining. In a statement in the Post: Manyandelo (UPND Chairperson) accused ZAWA of having failed to do their work, alleging that the elephants had been terrorising the area for over two months, but no proper measures had been put in place by the officers.
