TRAVELLERS FRIEND » ANGOLA | BOTSWANA | MOZAMBIQUE | NAMIBIA | ZAMBIA | ZIMBABWE NEW! » www.zambezitraveller.com Issue 08 CONSERVATION 03 Environment The Livingstone lion Plans to dredge the By Peter Roberts Zambezi canned he appearance of a wild lion on the outskirts of TLivingstone in Zambia 09 Conservation (see story on page 32) made Boteti River big news for several reasons. flows again Not only was he the first wild lion to been reported in the immediate area for some 30 years, and he made the mistake of claiming domestic livestock as fair game (never 17 Adventure good for local public rela- How safe tions if you are lion), but his is bungee subsequent capture revealed jumping? an amazing story. This lion was a Zambezi traveller! It was only after the lion was successfully captured that 28 History wildlife officials discovered Mystery he was the proud owner of a and magic in GPS research collar. Enquir- Matobo ies revealed that the collar had been fitted by lion researchers in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, and somehow 34 Art & Crafts he must have crossed the Rhythms of Zambezi River to reach the changing north bank. times Through the collar GPS data and the Hwange Lion Research Project’s valuable work over many years we are lucky enough to have a huge 46 Conservation amount of information about Celebrating our travelling lion’s history. PHOTO: MARLEEN POST Jane Hunt, who has dedicated Dynamite, the male lion who became a Zambezi Traveller, on his home patch in Hwange in a photograph taken last year. Painted wolves the last 10 years of her life to studying lions in Hwange, first saw this lion when he was The story of an amazing Zambezi traveller a two month old cub. He is “He’s a famous lion,” said Jane Victoria Falls. Not only does increasingly populated Africa, researchers studying Africa’s now about 9 ½ years old, the “now even more so because of the river provide a formidable offspring of a male lion who most significantly loss of habi- increasingly pressured wild- Regulars his travels!” obstacle, the crossing is even tat with suitable prey species life. See our special feature on dominated the Makalolo area Cahorra & Tete 3, Okavango 9, of Hwange National Park for Known as Dynamite, after more incredible as lions are and subsequent conflict with page 16 for full details of his Chobe 10, Hwange 14, Victoria many years, and featured in a the pan in Hwange where he not renowned swimmers and humans, as well as raising amazing journey and more Falls 17, Bulawayo 28, Lusaka National Geographic docu- was first collared by research- will often avoid water. 29, Luangwa 30, Livingstone 31, mentary film ‘Lion’s behaving ers, we now know he crossed many issues relating to wider on lion conservation and the Kariba 37, Harare 45, Letters 47 badly.’ Indeed this specific lion the Zambezi more than 50 His plight highlights the lion conservation and spot- work of the Hwange Lion is also featured in that film. kilometres downstream of the problems lions face in an lighting the work of scientific Research team. 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By the efit to ensure all the projects million tonnes of coal per year plan submitted last year by Riversdale, now end of this year we will reach expected to come online in via barges to the port at Beira 10 million tonnes of capac- coming years will get access to ozambique has and build that up to around owned by Rio Tinto, for moving coal via barges ity on the Sena line; next year ports and rail. rejected an envi- 12 million tonnes. we will start rehabilitating Mronmental plan down the Zambezi River. Nacala port and build two For now miners without submitted last year by Riv- “The impact was seen to new railways.” capacity on the Sena line be very negative, and there may have to rely on trucks to ersdale, now owned by Rio He said it was as much a Tinto, for moving coal via were no plans for mitigation. get their product to port and As proposed it is not doable,” priority for Mozambique as it need to plan the production barges down the Zambezi was for the miners to get the River, its Transport Minister Minister Paulo Zucula told Rio Tinto declined to com- million tonnes on the Sena of their mines in line with news agency Reuters in a rail lines and ports built. available facilities. has said. ment. Zucula said the company railway line linking Tete with phone interview. was welcome to resubmit its Beira, but Mozambique has “Coal is a development So far Brazil’s Vale is the Mozambique’s woeful “The Zambezi River ... study, although he stressed plans to expand the Sena project for us, so we are a most only miner exporting coal infrastructure poses the big- every four years we have prob- that Mozambique would line and build and upgrade interested party. The planning from Mozambique. The miner gest challenge for miners lems with flooding and killing much prefer that companies other rail lines and ports in of infrastructure and the mine has said it will invest $4.4 bil- who have invested in the Tete people. So if you’re going to opt to move their coal by rail. the country. plans do not match yet, but lion to build a coal terminal at “If you compare the two in we are making every effort to province, which is estimated dredge the river, expand the “We can assure everybody the deep-water port at Nacala to hold one of the world’s big- terms of environment, the dif- that we will build enough make it match,” he said. banks, we will be in trouble,” ference is huge,” he said. and a rail line via Malawi to gest reserves of coking coal, yet he said. The barges were also rail capacity to carry their Mozambique is planning link Nacala with its mines. lack options for getting their expected to affect the local Current rail infrastructure coal. 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