growing Green

Supporting Civil Society Organisations in Environmental Management in Zambia. 1 1 In Livingstone, Kachere Arts Studio construct a large “Green Elephant” sculpture from recycled materials and solid waste. Contents ......

Foreword 4

CSEF Background 5

Extractive Industries Transparency Alliance 6

Livingstone Green Initiative 8

Nelly Zulu & Grace Belemy 9

Solid Waste Management 10

Composting & Organic Fertiliser 11

Widows Association 12

Self Help Africa 13

People’s Process on Housing and Poverty in Zambia 14

Citizens for a Better Environment 16

Zambia Institute of Environmental Management 18

Kasisi Agricultural Training Centre 20

Chipembele Wildlife Education Trust 22

South Luangwa Conservation Society 24

CSEF Grantees Index 26 Foreword “Though for only 3 years in implementation, the project has provided useful lessons learnt.” ......

We welcome you to take a snap-shot of some accomplishments of the Project: “Support to Civil Society Organisations in Environmental Management in Zambia”, jointly funded by Finland and Denmark. The Project started as a novel way of channeling support to Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the environment and natural resources sector. There was a lengthy planning period, which provided a platform for debate on how best CSOs in environmental management could be supported without compromising the independence to realise their role in society and at the same time working within Zambian Government policy guidance. Though for only 3 years in implementation, the project has provided useful lessons learnt. CSOs demonstrate their strength in complementing government through implementation of projects as well as advocating Zambian government, private sector and other stakeholders to fulfill their roles in contributing to a sustainable environment and natural resource sector.

We hope you will be excited about the accomplishments presented in this booklet. We look forward to seeing similar type of innovations and green technology increasing in implementation as well as spreading all over Zambia. Growing green as a nation requires participation of all stakeholders and this booklet intends to strengthen the aspirations of Zambians to continue to work for a better and healthier environment for current and future generations.

Pertti Anttinen

Ambassador

Embassy of Finland Lusaka

4 From left to right: PPHPZ Kalulushi federation members in front of a water kiosk; Signage in Musele prohibiting farmers from creating new farms or cutting down trees; Nelia Beza, a Self Help Africa beneficiary, in her garden.

CSEF Background “A joint initiative of the Royal Danish Embassy, and the Embassy of Finland in Zambia.” ......

Environmental management in civil society organisations (CSOs) support (in excess of USD$ 3.5 million) issues overlap, and reinforce one Zambia faces several challenges, in Zambia are better resourced and to more than 70 individual CSO’s another. In Zambia, rural livelihoods including land degradation; loss capacitated to assume a key role in this active in the field of environmental are inextricably linked to the local of biodiversity; unsafe waste crucial effort. management in Zambia across all environment, and there is widespread management; water pollution and ten of Zambia’s Provinces. CSEF recognition that protecting the inadequate management of water A joint initiative of the Royal Danish has supported CSOs through the use environment must be linked to resources; inadequate legal and Embassy, and the Embassy of Finland of four principal grant modalities: providing alternative livelihood policy frameworks; and inadequate in Zambia, since 2011 CSEF has Organisational Support Grants; options that do not place finite enforcement of legislation. Other played a key role in supporting Innovative Project Grants; Capacity natural resources under unsustainable significant challenges include air CSOs to actively participate in, and Building Grants and Research; and demand and pressure. pollution, poor sanitation and contribute to, Zambia’s effort to Events and Dissemination Grants. inadequate wildlife protection and better manage its significant natural Through these four modalities, CSEF This booklet serves to highlight just management. Climate change too, resources and environment. CSOs are has been able to tailor support to some of the initiatives that CSEF has has become a national issue given an important resource for sustainable the specific needs of each distinct supported over the past three years, the several and severe threats that development in Zambia. They can organisation, and add significant value and provides some examples of the the process of change poses to both both complement the Government’s to its efforts and assist in the planning, work that Zambian civil society is the environment and the economy of efforts in environmental management, implementation, monitoring and undertaking to protect the Zambian Zambia. as well as advocate as watchdogs evaluation of complex and innovative environment. It is clear that civil for the development of effective projects that are achieving real society has an important role to play Recognising that effectively combating environmental policies and legislation, development results. in safeguarding Zambia’s rich natural environmental threats and improving and promote their implementation. resources and heritage. Over the environmental sustainability require CSOs are efficient channels for CSEF has also recognised the links course of the last three years CSEF actions from all levels of society: donor support and also channel between poverty, gender, vulnerability has been able support civil society to national and local governments, communities’ own resources to and environmental management, undertake significant strides towards private sector, and civil society. The improve environmental sustainability. seeking to support initiatives that protecting those resources for the Civil Society Environment Fund both recognise, and seek to address, generations yet to come. (CSEF) was established to ensure that Since 2011, CSEF has provided grant the manner in which these key

4 5 Top to bottom: Farming Environmental Protection land in Musele; Musele Task Force Vice Chairperson, Morris Sankisa with his family; Local Science school teacher & Musele Task Force Secretary, who prefers not to be named in print. Extractive Industries Transparency Alliance “With EITA’s assistance, members of the Musele Task Force were trained on how to engage with the mining companies, the Government, and other key stakeholders.” ......

Extractive Industries Transparency felt that the arrival of the extractive Alliance (EITA) was established in 2009. industries had forced them to change The organisation was established to their way of life, in many cases entire safeguard the interests of communities communities had to re-settle to located in the immediate surrounds accommodate large mines, but they of large extractive industries, many of did not feel that they were being fully which are based in Zambia’s Copperbelt engaged or compensated for these Province. EITA attempted to create a accommodations. Furthermore, forum through which communities local people did not know to whom could identify and articulate the ways they could bring their concerns, and in which these extractive industries articulate their feelings of grievance. were affecting their lives and lifestyles, and to discuss the measures that could EITA recognised this gap in the local be put in place to address those issues. community’s knowledge, and realised that it could play a role in building In discussion with these communities, their capacity to articulate, advocate and the small community and lobby for their own interests. So representative groups that EITA helped in 2012, with CSEF support, EITA to establish, the organisation quickly initiated a project that worked with learned that local communities were community based organisations to not fully aware of the implications help them to identify their needs and of living in areas that contained lobby for change. EITA recognised the mineral wealth and significant natural importance of engaging the Zambian resources. Community members Government, and seeking to ensure

6 that communities that were based Clockwise from left: Signage around large extractives could also forbidding the building of have a voice in the formulation of structures on a mine’s land; policies and laws that regulated Demolished settlement that those industries. EITA also engaged was built on a mine’s land; the extractive industries themselves An unapproved pipeline laid by a mine to a proposed dam; to push for responsible governance Farming land in Musele. that included communities and ensured that they too would benefit from the natural resources found in their locality.

One such community was that of Musele, located in Solwezi District in North-Western Province. For many years, the Musele community had seen an increasing level of mining activity in the locality, but felt that the financial gains of this activity were not being shared equitably. The community established a Task Force to attempt to articulate these concerns. With EITA’s assistance, members of the Musele Task Force were trained on how to engage with the mining companies, the Government, and other key stakeholders. The training made it easier for the Task Force to raise their concerns, and discuss alternative approaches. EITA provided information, knowledge and key skills to the Task Force, supporting their efforts ...... throughout. Taskforce in the Kalumbila area. are that the Government is moving EITA is enabling communities to hold “We had a lot of expectations with With support from CSEF, EITA slowly and not being clear with its the extractive industries to account. the coming of the mines; new jobs equipped the community with the position, but this is something we are Already, the Task Force has gained for our children, something we skills to respond to these challenges, working towards.” significant concessions on behalf of thought would really change our and ensured that they could advocate the local community, and the Zambian lives. A lot of things have gone for better living conditions and CSEF support to EITA has enabled Environmental Management Agency wrong. We expected the standard benefits from the local extractives. the organisation to reach small decision letter on resettlement has of living to lift up. Unfortunately “The achievements of the Task Force community based organisations taken many of the Task Force’s key when they [the mining companies] include being able to go into any which have historically found it very concerns into account. By encouraging came in, the people from Musele, Government office and talk with them. difficult for their voices to be heard. transparency, accountability and who are farmers, were made to EITA has managed to get us access The Musele Task Force and EITA are dialogue, the project has opened a stop farming and some of their to the legal resource centre - it has working to make all stakeholders new line of communication between crops were destroyed. From eating opened our eyes. EITA has played a big work towards solutions that include the industries, Government and the three meals a day, some people role in us being informed of our legal all perspectives, are agreed by all, communities. Through this dialogue could not even eat one,” explains rights as Zambians. That’s why the and ensure that the great opportunity all parties can chart the way forward. Morris Sankisa, Vice Chairperson taskforce now can move with its work,” presented by these natural resources and spokesperson for the Musele Mr Sankisa continues. “The challenges is shared equally. Through this work,

6 7 Waste Management & Tree Raising Top to bottom: Mr Andrew Kabwe, co-founder of the Livingstone Green Initiative; The Widows Association members; Tree seedlings planted in Chibuku cartons Livingstone at a tree-planting initiative. Green Initiative “LGI focuses on building the capacity of the women with which they engage, teaching them to compost, raise nurseries and plant trees.” ......

Livingstone Green Initiative (LGI) The projects engage Area is a civil society organisation aiming Development Committees, to advise and assist community Community Based Organisations based organisations in both urban and individual women from various and rural settings of the Greater market places in Livingstone such as Livingstone Area in planning the Maramba, Linda, Lubuyu, Mbita and implementing sustainable and Dambwa markets. environmental management practices that benefit the community LGI focuses on building the capacity socially and economically. This of the women with which they entails the identification ofengage, teaching them to compost, opportunities, within communities raise nurseries and tree seedlings themselves, to manage their – all skills that hold value, both environment and, where necessary, environmental and economic. to build the capacity of communities Participants are also engaged to implement environmental in plastic recycling through the management activities. production of handbags and other household products for re-sale. LGI was founded in July 2012 and, with the support of a CSEF Since inception, the project has Innovative Project Grant, is now engaged individual households to working with communities in the raise some 300,000 tree seedlings Eastern Block and Dambwa areas in the last season, which were of Livingstone through initiatives then sold to the Livingstone Town such as tree raising, solid waste Council during the high profile management and value addition United Nations World Tourism to waste products. These initiatives Organisation Summit of August include composting, recycling glass 2013. The project also produced and the reuse of plastic waste found large quantities of compost at a within the community. household level, which was used to ‘green’ Livingstone during the conference.

8 From left to right: Nelly Zulu and Grace Belemy, women LGI trained in composting and tree- planting; LGI trees growing on Livingstone streets.

Livingstone Green Initiative ......

companies would provide a market. line with the amount of hard labour However, the only tree seedling that required to raise. the women had raised which sold Nelly Zulu & well was the Candle tree, which can Despite these challenges in selling the be used to produce charcoal. Despite young tree seedlings, Nelly and Grace achieving such a high raising rate, the both agree that without the project, women were able to sell only a quarter they would not have been able to Grace Belemy of the total trees that they had planted, send their children to school. Grace to both LGI and the Livingstone Town revealed, “I have four kids, the first “They planted indigenous trees with the hope Council. one is in grade twelve so when I get something in, I have to use it to pay that companies would provide a market.” As Nelly Zulu points out, “There are for the school education. The project certain trees which you can grow helped me because if there were no ...... within three to four months which sales, my child was not going to go to are then ready for sale. Now you find school.” Nelly Zulu and Grace Belemy are to the household level where each that if it takes 6 months to sell the tree, active in the tree raising initiative set woman could pay her own bills at a then it becomes overgrown with all the Moving forward, the women intend up by LGI. Their journey began at the cheaper cost. By working together roots growing downwards, so we have to concentrate on raising the tree community centre in Livingstone, the women ensured that they raised to cut the tree at that point.” seedlings used in charcoal production where LGI planned to set up the tree more than 2,000 tree seedlings. and carpentry in a sustainable raising project. However, the women Another challenge was that the and profitable way. They are also quickly realized that the community Initially, Nelly and Grace did not customers for the trees told the women investigating alternative markets centre had outstanding water bills know what kind of tree seedling that they would have to sell each tree for the tree seedlings, such as local that would affect their profit margins. to raise. They raised indigenous at a set price of 50 Ngwee. Grace and sawmills, and any other means of They decided to take the initiative tree seedlings with the hopes that Nelly felt that this price was not in selling the tree seedlings.

8 9 Top to bottom: Mr Titus Livingstone Green Initiative Chilongo, the Regional Director at ZEMA, Livingstone; A pile of uncollected rubbish in Dambwa, a neighbourhood in Livingstone; Students that were trained in conservation Solid Waste and composting. Management

“LGI’s waste management initiative started when the organisation saw that vegetable markets in Livingstone often have a surplus after the day’s vegetable sales.” ......

“ZEMA stands for Zambia management. Environmental Management Agency, this is a new name from ECZ - LGI’s waste management initiative Environmental Council of Zambia. started when the organisation saw that Our core mandate is to protect human vegetable markets in Livingstone often health and the environment and under have a surplus after the day’s vegetable this mandate we have various issues sales. LGI thought that the excess that we look at - these include water, vegetables and green leaves could be air, noise, solid waste management, taken and used in composting. The sustainable development impact purpose was to create environmental assessments, hazardous waste and awareness, minimise waste and create other waste materials, for example,” a product that could be used by both explains Titus Chilongo, the Regional conservation farmers and allow Director at ZEMA, Livingstone. communities to make an income. The compost that was produced could be ZEMA works with LGI in their Waste applied in conservation farming, and Management Initiative. Chilongo could also be sold privately. explains, “As ZEMA, we stepped in to train the LGI membership on The first initial training in composting composting and the separation of was done with the Department of waste and to teach about other types of Agriculture in association with the waste critical in recycling. So LGI has Zambia Environmental Management now been trained in the composting Agency. The two partners trained over of waste, and making sure that bio- 80 community based organisations. waste is recycled.” A Memorandum The training included a demonstration of Understanding was signed between of how to make household composts, ZEMA and LGI to ensure that ZEMA to which the community responded becomes an important partner in the well. Participants at the training soon development processes of the LGI began composting at a household initiative, particularly around waste level.

10 From left: Ms Bwalya, the Administrator of the Youth Community Training Centre; The YCTC Centre.

Livingstone Green Initiative Composting & Organic Fertiliser “A lot of people here have not yet understood the difference between non-organic and organically produced vegetables.” ......

In many of the villages and rural Youth Community Training Centre areas of Livingstone, composting (YCTC) in Livingstone, explains the plays an important role in allowing challenges in growing crops from households and farmers to grow organic fertilisation. “A lot of people and sell organic crops. Composting here have not yet understood the involves removing the rocky soil, difference between non-organic and replacing it with refined soil and organically produced vegetables,” Ms applying a layer of grass over the Bwalya points out. “We hope that trenches in which the crops are to be maybe by 2016 a lot of people will planted. Organic compost of this type come to realise this wonderful dream takes about eight weeks to mature. and join forces so that we can be able to feed the nation using organic Ms Bwalya, the Administrator of the fertiliser.”

10 11 Clockwise from left: Helen Mwalongo, Coordinator of the Widows Association; Widows Association members; Handbags made from recycled Maheu cartons.

Livingstone Green Initiative Widows Association “The cartons were everywhere making the town ugly, so we tried to find a use for them.” ...... Helen Patricia Mwalongo is the The Widows Association started out town ugly, so we tried to find a use entrepreneurship and value-chain Coordinator of the Widows with basic projects that required the for them. We used wool and plastic linkages. Now tourists come to the Association in Livingstone, and a use of the memberships’ hands: sewing to make the bags and discovered that Association to buy the products. We widow herself. Formed in 1996, the linen-work and tablecloths which the we could create all sorts of bags, in also sell to the Town Council, as well Association started out with only Association would then sell. On a trip different shapes and sizes.” as individuals and households. We five members who would regularly to Zimbabwe, Helen was inspired by a have benefitted because now widows meet and discuss how to look after group of women who made recycled This simple yet innovative idea gave and vulnerable people are better able themselves since becoming widowed. bags out of disused milk sachets. the Widows Association a means to sustain themselves.” The majority of the widows were When she came back to Zambia she of income, and a basis upon which faced with property grabbing issues thought of making bags using recycled to work with LGI. Helen reflects following the passing away of their milk cartons. Helen explains, “The “LGI have helped by giving the husbands. cartons were everywhere making the widows a platform and training on

12 Water Resources Management Clockwise from left: Nelia Beza collecting tomatoes from herWetlands garden; Wetlands beneficiaries with a field technician Kangwa Bwalya on Self Help Africa far right; Mr Festus Ndlhovu Co-Founder of Mufumbeni Development Association. “The project helped to sensitise people on the need to reverse the depletion of the wetlands.” ......

Self Help Africa (SHA) initiated Ndlhovu, co-founder, administrator the “Enhanced Local Capacity for and accountant for the Association. Environmental Management Project” “The project helped to sensitise with CSEF support during 2012. people on the need to reverse the The purpose of the project was to depletion of the wetlands by training improve administrative and technical them on how to employ techniques capacities among community based that will regenerate the wetlands.” organisations working around environmental concerns in three With CSEF support, project districts: Mfumbeni Functional beneficiaries were taken through Wetlands Project (MFWP) in Chipata various trainings on techniques that District; Big Heart Reforestation and would reverse the depletion and Food Security Project (BHRFSP) provide long-term sustainability to in Chikankata District; and One the soil. This intervention benefitted Woman Four Trees Project (OW4TP) the community as a whole as it ...... in Mpika District. The Project also aimed to sustain the soil so that it sought to empower these community can yield more crops in the future. trees such as Gliricidia Sepium and Each of these interventions has been based organisations with advocacy Agricultural Officer, Bwalya Kangwa, Musangu trees that could be planted made possible through the support of skills and knowledge to contribute explains “We had 50 beneficiaries within the wetlands to assist in the CSEF. The farmers and beneficiaries to environmental protection and trained in wetlands management overall conservation and soil fertility now understand that in order to benefit management across Zambia. by the Ministry of Agriculture. The restoration efforts. These plantations from the land they have to practise beneficiaries were trained in best would also be used as markers for local methods that will not deplete, or Established in 1999 by local practices such as growing vegetation farmers to indicate boundaries and degrade it. More farmers are becoming community members in Chipata along the borders of the wetlands, as prevent over-tilling and soil depletion. acquainted with the practices and so District to address the issues of well as implementing a zero burning “After we received the training we seek to join the conservation project, conservation in the area, Mfumbeni policy in the wetlands. This zero started sowing these different type of reforming their agricultural practices Development Association chose burning policy was crucial as burning trees. True to what we learned in the and re-generating the wetlands and Mfumbeni Functional Wetlands compromises the quality of the soil, training we have seen that there is a surrounding soils. Meanwhile, project as a pilot project focusing contributing to soil erosion. Another difference, because these trees really community based organisations, on water and natural resources way to prevent soil erosion is to plant restore soil fertility,” explains local such as Mfumbeni Development conservation within the locality. For trees and the correct types of trees farmer and project beneficiary, Killion Association have been equipped a number of years, the wetlands in can also improve the retention of Sakala. “We used to make big beds in to pursue the interests of the local the area have been slowly depleted water within the soil. An indigenous which to plant, but then we learned community with Government, owing to excessive deforestation and tree species, the Mubaba tree, was that big beds make the soil lose water and other key stakeholders, thus unsustainable land use practices. chosen as it was readily available and too quickly, which means that in the ensuring that civil society can play “As the population was growing the could also be grown by local farmers.” future the wetlands would soon dry a strengthened role in securing trees were being cut and the ground up completely. Now that we started improved local level environmental had no cover, which led to the water The project engaged the beneficiaries farming the new “Kariba” method, management, and promoting true drying up on the ground and the on how to cultivate nurseries of the soil is better able to maintain its environmental sustainability. land cracking up,” explains Festus Mubaba as well as Nitrogen fixing m oi s tu re .”

12 13 From left: PPHPZ federation members in Kitwe in front of their greenhouse; PPHPZ Federation tree nursery.

...... Water & Sanitation Management the investment of significant public adequate infrastructure, are impacting resources, infrastructure has generally the local communities’ food security, been insufficient to cater for the needs livelihoods and health status. of the communities that exist within People’s Process them. It was to these challenges that People’s Process on Housing and Poverty in In the informal settlements that Zambia (PPHPZ) sought to respond on Housing surround Kitwe, in Zambia’s through its CSEF Innovative Project Copperbelt, this is particularly true of Grant. The Project was implemented the water and sanitation infrastructure in partnership with Zambia Homeless – drainages which have been poorly and Poor People’s Federation, a and Poverty in designed, and in some cases only grassroots movement of more than partially constructed, have become 48,000 individuals living in informal severely dilapidated. Sanitation settlements that have come together to Zambia facilities, solid waste management and improve their quality of living through waste disposal, sewerage and water community development initiatives. “Over 550 individual families have benefitted supply systems barely function within The main objective of the Project was to these settlements, posing serious work with the Federation and the local from the project.” environmental and health related risks. community to improve the housing To compound these challenges the conditions of those living in informal ...... effects of climate change, manifested settlements across the District, and Zambia’s urban centres, including seen a rapid increase in informal in changing rainfall patterns and other make them better able to cope with Kitwe, have been steadily growing housing settlements, usually located climatic shocks, are beginning to climatic shocks. at a rapid pace for some years now. on the fringes of the largest urban further complicate the management of However, with the demand for centres. As many of these informal the informal settlements, and highlight PPHPZ focused the CSEF support on housing greatly outweighing the settlements have developed without the infrastructural deficiencies. These the drainage systems in the locality, available supply, this growth has also formal planning, and without unpredictable changes in climate, seeking to enhance the drainage system, combined with the settlements’ lack of and reduce the risks of water-borne

14 From left: PPHPZ Kalulushi federation water kiosk; Drainages dug by PPHPZ in Kamatipa township in Kitwe.

...... disease. The drainage intervention and has taught us how to cultivate and gardening” whereby individual at approximately 100 litres a day, the saw the construction and de-silting of market vegetables.” households used recycled cloth income generating activities initiated drainages covering an average stretch sacking to plant legumes that can through the Project allow residents to of 8km in the informal settlements “The two community gardens in be consumed within the household earn the extra income that allows them of Kawama, Kamatipa, Ipusukilo and Kawama and Kalulushi have employed thus increasing nutritional intake, or to pay for the water that they need. “I Mulenga. The Project also includes greenhouse technology which uses sold to provide additional income to joined the Federation in 2004, and a livelihood component centred on drip irrigation to maximise the the family. The sack gardening uses immediately started benefitting from co-operative community gardens and output of crops. The training on recycled waste materials to provide the schemes. This kiosk has made life greenhouses located on communal how to properly make use of the compact agricultural potential in high good and healthy. When the rainy land secured through PPHPZ. greenhouses was facilitated by an population density areas, such as the season comes, the water in the wells Two such community gardens and expert who supplied the greenhouse informal settlements. becomes muddy and we always used nurseries were established in the equipment and the seedlings, which to get sick. So we are very grateful settlements of Kawama and Kalulushi. are well known to produce high Another critical issue that the for the water kiosk,” reports Belina This component of the Project enables yields,” explains Farirai Shumba, Project sought to address was Bwalya Chipili, a long-term member Federation members to secure income the Communications, Research, access to safe drinking water. Once of the Federation. that is less vulnerable to severe Monitoring and Evaluation Officer again, inadequate infrastructure flooding in the area. “I’m from the with PPHPZ. “It is projected that combined with unpredictable rainfall Over 550 individual families have Lesa wa Maka saving scheme,” explains the Federation shall yield 2,000 heads patterns and severe flooding placed benefitted from the Project, and there Sarah Ilunga, an active member of the of cabbage and 4,000 kg of tomato communities within the informal are indications that the interventions Federation. “The greenhouse project upon harvesting. With an average settlements at risk. The installation of within it are both replicable and helped us learn how to grow tomatoes market price of ZMW 2 per cabbage, a solar powered borehole, supported scalable. They offer the potential for and onions. We now sell these and ZMW 3 per kg of tomato, the by CSEF, provided the community long-term solutions to the drainage tomatoes and put them in a revolving Federation community will be earning with a more permanent solution for and water access challenges that fund that the group members utilise. a gross of ZMW 16,000 per season, safe drinking water. A water kiosk these informal settlements are likely After we pay back the project we regardless of changes in rainfall.” was established, whereby residents to continue to face, whilst more are thinking of extending this same purchase water for ZMW 0.50 per permanent solutions are identified, project to another location. This The Project also implemented a 20 litre container. With average and implemented. project has brought women together widespread programme of “sack household demand for water standing

14 15 Clockwise from left: Mufulira mine sites; Local Mufulira women who were supported by CBE to engage with local mines over environmental concerns and pollution.

Environmental Protection Citizens for a Better Environment “We wanted to take protection and environmental management right into the heart of the community.” ...... Citizens for a Better Environment The environmental management in the Copperbelt and North- monitor the progress and development (CBE) is a civil society organisation projects that the organisation has Western Provinces. The selected of the committees as they became based in Zambia’s Copperbelt implemented to date have seen communities include: Wusakile; grounded and began to represent Province. Amongst the organisation’s these communities benefit through Mpongwe; Lufwanyama; Chingola; their communities’ interests; and 3) core works is the objective to monetary compensation, provision Chililabombwe; Ndola, Kalulushi; to facilitate ongoing training for the empower residents in mining of houses, better living conditions Mufulira; and Solwezi. The overall aim committees that was responsive to their communities with information on and a reduction in the harmful of the initiative was to enhance the emerging needs and priorities. how to engage mining authorities effects of the extractive industries. skills and knowledge of the committee and Government officials in members to enable them to better “We wanted to take protection and discussions around the effects of the In 2012 CBE initiated an respond to the challenges caused by environmental management right into extractive industries in their locality. environmental protection project the extractive industries. The CBE the heart of the community because The organisation has thus developed with CSEF support that involved project had three specific objectives in they are the ones who face the heaviness expertise in the areas of negotiation, creating community based the initiative: 1) to provide technical on their heads. They are the ones who sensitisation and advocating for development committees in and material support to the committees are better positioned to advocate for local community members’ rights. nine different mining locations as they were being established; 2) to a better environment where they are

16 A local extractive mine in Mufulira Town.

...... staying,” states Brian Chirambo, CBE from the project have been very to the mines and the Government to confidence. The increased levels of Project Manager. positive – the committees are engaging solve this problem and help us get to awareness and training which CBE with various stakeholders and have the bottom of the mist that is affecting has worked to promote will allow the “One of the projects was in Mufulira, developed a stronger position to us, so we are really grateful for that,” committees to act as a local regulatory in Butondo area, where residents engage in dialogue with authorities explains Agnes Nkonde a Committee mechanism for the various extractive were being affected by acid mist that and managers of the extractive Member from Mufulira. “Though we developments that are taking place on was floating in their direction as a industries.” haven’t fully addressed the matter yet, the ground, instead of relying solely result of the new extraction methods we will use this platform to push for an on the Government. The committees employed by the local mine. Most of “We never used to understand what answer,” Ms Nkonde concludes. can become the local vehicle through the residents complained, but did not used to happen. When the mist which the communities themselves know where to take their concerns. would come out, we would all get sick. The committees which CBE established can monitor these most important CBE came in and facilitated training Children would have nose bleeds, bad are now becoming self-reliant and natural resources. and now they are able to articulate colds, stinging in the face. We didn’t are engaging important stakeholders their concerns and needs,” continues know who to go to. CBE helped us including the Government and Mr Chirambo. “Early indications create a group that would help us talk the private sector, with newfound

16 17 Top to bottom: Musakashi river, polluted and stagnant Environmental Protection due to mine discharge being pumped straight into the stream; Mr Kauseni, a scout, monitoring an illegal discharge from mines into a stream; Mr Kauseni with local farmers / residents. Zambia Institute of Environmental Management “ZIEM actively lobbies for environmental justice in communities that face significant environmental challenges.”

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Zambia Institute of Environmental many cases, due to the relatively Management (ZIEM) is a member recent introduction of external, based institution registered as and potentially destructive, non-governmental organisation environmental factors. During in Zambia. Formally established 2012, and with the support of the in 2006, ZIEM was created to add Civil Society Environment Fund, value to the environmental sector ZIEM initiated a project to ensure by fostering greater cooperation strengthened environmental and information sharing management and improved long- amongst different environmental term environmental sustainability organisations. ZIEM seeks to of local communities in the mining strengthen coordination and townships of Chambishi and coherence between institutions Kalulushi Districts. dealing with issues related to all aspects of environmental Although the economic benefits of management, environmental the extractive industries in Zambia governance, climate change, policy have been largely welcomed, in many and practice, advocacy and lobbying. cases the productive activities of these industries place the livelihoods ZIEM actively lobbies for and health of local community environmental justice in members at risk. Mining activities communities that face significant have in some cases been the cause environmental challenges, in of significant environmental

18 ...... degradation, including the the environmental impact of the pollution of air, water and land and mining activities in the area, and Top to bottom: A disused pipeline; Local child other challenges to the surrounding ensured that the effects on the local standing by a contaminated ecosystem. population were scrutinised. The stream; Dying crops project also looked at remedial downstream from where “We undertook an environmental and restorative activities to help a mine discharges heavy impact assessment and drew up mitigate the long-term effects of metals in the water. a Report. Our findings from this environmental degradation on the social, scientific and environmental community. ZIEM realised that study found that the mining the local people had little or no companies had fallen short of information as to their rights, and both Zambian and international one of the project’s key objectives standards on what is permitted was to sensitise the community on to be discharged into the river. both the effects of the pollution, and We needed to get people to really their rights as citizens. understand what was happening,” explains Morgan Katati, Chief ZIEM’s research examined the Executive officer of ZIEM. extent to which the extractive industries were adhering to agreed For residents living in the standards, and provided a platform Chambishi and Kalulushi Districts to engage the Government and the of Zambia, the natural environment mines themselves on how to best is closely linked to the way of life. protect and restore the damaged The Musakashi River is a source ecosystem. of both water and food, while the surrounding land is used to grow CSEF support to the project crops for both consumption and enabled ZIEM to undertake the trade. ZIEM’s research suggested environmental impact assessment, that the mining activities had and the evidence that emerged caused significant harm to these from the assessment provided the vital natural resources, which had local community with the means significantly impacted negatively to approach the mines and to on the environment and the discuss their concerns. The level communities themselves. “Since of awareness amongst communities the water is contaminated it’s in the area was raised significantly difficult to do anything. The water after the community outreach has acid and is discoloured. You can programme, and this ensured see the water is bad but we drink it that the population could better because we have no choice. Even recognise and understand key the fish that used to be in here are issues relating to natural resource all contaminated, and most die. But management and environmental we eat the fish anyway because we sustainability. The project provided have no choice,” reports Monday a platform through which all Munusanwa, a farmer in the stakeholders could come together Chambishi area. and discuss their concerns, and it is hoped that through this dialogue Acknowledging that the the extractive industries and the population in the locality and the surrounding local communities mines themselves had to learn can reach agreement about the to sustainably co-exist, ZIEM best way forward, for all of the developed an environmental key stakeholders, and for the local management project that measured environment itself.

18 19 From left to right: Chicken kraal at KATC; Standing in front of a boom sprayer, Father Paul Desmarais, the Executive Director of KATC; The Kasisi Agricultural Training Centre.

...... Sustainable Organic Agriculture agriculture over industrial agriculture, gardening; agroforestry; conservation recognising both the economic, tillage and organic integrated pest and environmental, benefits of this management, to name but a few. The approach. Centre also facilitates a variety of other KATC’s Executive Director, Father vocational training programmes that Paul Desmarais has worked at the are designed to assist farmers, such as Kasisi Centre since its foundation, and has blacksmithing, which enables farmers been instrumental in the design of to better maintain their agricultural training programmes that focus on the equipment, and media training Agricultural most modern, efficient and practical centred around the use of community agricultural methods. A core concept radio to disseminate best practices in in these training programmes is that of conservation agriculture and facilitate conservation farming, an agricultural outreach into the community. Training Centre approach, which emphasises economy of resources in pursuing acceptable Despite the consistent delivery of yield, while concurrently conserving these conservation agriculture training “The Centre serves to demonstrate that and protecting the environment. In courses over many years, the Centre’s conservation and organic agricultural KATC, the emphasis on conservation is long term financial sustainability rests achieved through a focus on improved on its ability to derive income from the techniques can be used on a large-scale farm.” soil fertility, the use of organic fertilisers crops produced through the training and the practice of crop rotation. programmes. For some time, KATC ...... has suffered from a lack of modern KATC operates an average of 52 equipment, and a deficit in productive Established in 1974 by the Society scale Zambian farmers in modern training courses between March capacity that has adversely affected of Jesus, or Jesuit, Congregation, agricultural practices and techniques and October each year, with a total yields, and so put the Centre’s long term Kasisi Agricultural Training Centre that improve yields, reduce soil participation annually of more than future in doubt. So, in 2011, KATC (KATC) is located in an agricultural degradation and restore soil 1,250 individual small scale farmers. approached CSEF for an Organisational zone to the east of Lusaka city. The nutrition. For many years, KATC The Centre delivers a wide range of Support Grant intended to allow the Centre’s mandate is to engage small- has emphasised sustainable organic training courses, including organic Centre to replenish the capital stock

20 Clockwise from left: A Disc Harrow used to turn haystacks back into the soil; Hay bales from the farm after barley cultivation; A tractor turning haystacks back into the soil in readiness for the next planting season.

...... at the training Centre itself, and also two years since we have had the grant to contribute to the operational costs from CSEF. ” associated with delivering the training programmes. Through CSEF support, Indeed, the results recorded in just KATC was able to purchase crucial under two years have been significant, capital equipment such as disc harrows with KATC recording record yields of 40 and boom sprayers, which use brewed tonnes of oat, and 231.6 tonnes of barley compost combined with funghi and in 2012. These yields have been sold bacteria that can be applied directly on to processors, ensuring increased to the soil and the crop. KATC also revenue to the Training Centre of procured seed drills which allow for two to three times that of preceding precision planting of small grains such seasons. With these improving yields as barley, oat and soya with minimum and revenues, KATC’s immediate soil disruption and increased speed and financial future looks secure, and the efficiency. Centre will be able to continue training thousands of small-scale farmers in “By procuring this equipment, we are conservation techniques, ensuring better able to incorporate stubble into that soil degradation is reversed and the soil. Also, since we are organic soil nutrition can be restored. The producers, we do need to incorporate Centre serves to demonstrate that high volumes of compost and the heavy conservation and organic agricultural duty disc harrow is able to incorporate techniques can be used on a large-scale the organic compost into the soil farm, producing hundreds of tonnes prior to planting,” explains Father of crop each season, as well as small Desmarais. “We do a lot of work with scale subsistence farms which supply this disc, and have used it for over 300 individual households. It seems likely hectares of land over the year. Organic that KATC will continue to operate at matter in the soil has doubled, which is the forefront of the movement towards good. As a result, we have been able to conservation farming in Zambia, for double and triple our yield in the last some time to come.

20 21 Environmental Education & Conservation Top to bottom: Chipembele interpretive room; Anna Tolan and Eunice of CWET; Students at CWET with staff. Chipembele Wildlife Education Trust “CWET uses activity based interactive approaches to teach a wide range of subjects related to biodiversity conservation and the natural environment.” ......

Chipembele Wildlife Education Trust environment could be sustained. (CWET) was established in 1998. The The Trust set about establishing the aim of the organisation is to provide conservation education project, and as environmental education and promote time went by they gained the support conservation amongst school children of the local people and Government to living around the South Luangwa continue to develop the project, and National Park, in Zambia’s Eastern reach out further into the surrounding Province. Since 1998, the Trust has communities. developed a number of innovative and interesting programmes that engage One of CWET’s Founders, Anna Tolan school children on a wide range of explains, “We realised very quickly that environmental issues, and approaches South Luangwa and the Mfuwe area to conservation. These include an in particular was a good area to set extensive conservation education up the project because it had a rapidly programme for local school children, growing population on the edge of a a student sponsorship scheme, a Girls National Park. And there were lots of Club, and an animal rehabilitation environmental problems, particularly facility where animals that have been human wildlife conflict, deforestation, injured or orphaned though poaching poaching, and all the other problems or human-wildlife conflict are associated with uncontrolled rehabilitated back into the wild. development in a prime wildlife area”.

CWET was founded on the realisation In 2012, CWET approached CSEF that children growing up in and around with an application to strengthen its the National Park were not fully education conservation programmes, educated as to the rich biodiversity in redevelop its facilities in Mfuwe and the area. More importantly, children to initiate a number of new innovative did not understand how important projects, with a particular focus on it was to protect that biodiversity and young girls. “With the Innovative ensure that the local wildlife and natural Project Grant (IPG) we have been

22 able, over the last 18 months, to of good quality camping equipment carry out some new and innovative for excursions into the bush with local programmes. Instead of just going to students for two or three nights. There Top to bottom: CWET schools and doing regular activities they learn’t about biodiversity and the classroom; CWET club members during a ‘Keep and lessons, we have been able to natural environment in a practical Mfuwe Clean’ campaign do some exciting programmes with close up and hands on manner. The walk. them”, reports Ms Tolan. Nature Nights Programme, and all of CWET’s innovative activities, Now, CWET operates two main always include a focus on leadership conservation education programmes. and teamwork skills, and emphasise The first is based at the Conservation general personal growth, development Centre itself, where children from and health. Chipembele also used Grades 5 to 12 are invited to visit for the CSEF grant to take students a fun-filled day, based on teamwork to Ndubaluba Outdoor Centre and interactive learning. There are near Mkushi, Central Province 330 children from grades 5 to 12 in and Mutinondo Wilderness on the the regular programme with eleven Mchinga Escarpment bordering the clubs, each of which consists of at least North West boundary of the Park. thirty students. CWET uses activity based interactive approaches to teach The Conservation Scholarship a wide range of subjects related to programme was also launched with biodiversity conservation and the CSEF support. This rewards the natural environment, which focus on students who have shown exceptional both local and global issues. interest in conservation careers to travel to Lusaka. The trips consist of The second programme is based meetings with different civil society around Chipembele Offices and a organisations active in the field of classroom in the grounds of the local environment. The scholars also learn secondary school. The Conservation about other environmental concerns Education Manager and his assistant such as solid waste management. The take the programme out into the local scholars also visit the University of schools every afternoon of the school Zambia, to engage with individuals ...... year, teaching schoolchildren in the involved in careers and research in the surrounding communities how best to environmental field. of girls waiting to join. With increased educational space that combines protect natural resources, and why it is resources it is planned to increase the the use of imagery, models and so important to do so. The programme A key innovation supported through size of the club and the frequency of narratives to allow children to explore runs from Monday to Friday and is the CSEF Grant was the “Chipembele meetings. the themes of conservation and implemented in six core schools, but Girls Club” born from CWET’s vision biodiversity. This Interpretive Rooms there is also an outreach programme to create an environment where young CSEF support has also helped CWET is a key resource for the conservation for the general community, teaching girls could discuss the personal issues to consolidate its organisation and education programmes, and the CSEF them the basics of wildlife conservation they face freely and openly. The Club personnel, contributing to wages for grant has enabled CWET to source in the context of their own lives. Each discusses a wide range of topics, from the Assistant Environmental Educator professionally designed interpretive year students participate in a major HIV&AIDS and reproductive health and an Administrative Assistant, panels and a large 3D topographic map environmental campaign in the issues for girls, through to personal Student and Girls Club Mentor and of South Luangwa to be modelled and community. The CSEF grant enabled development. The club has given the Careers Adviser. The grant support installed. Through the Interpretive the anti-litter campaign in 2013 to be girls the opportunity to undertake has also allowed for CWET to develop Room, and its other key conservation CWET’s biggest and most effective educational trips to Chipata and Internet facilities at the Conservation programmes, CWET is ensuring that environmental campaign ever. Lusaka, exposing them to life Centre, which are used by both staff the next generation of Zambians outside of the local community. The and students. understand the great natural wealth Another new programme is the Club started with only ten girls, but which they have inherited, and the “Nature Nights” initiative, which already the number has grown to 30. Finally, the grant has contributed importance of safeguarding that began in August 2013. With CSEF The number of members is currently towards the refurbishment of the wealth for the generations yet to come. support, CWET procured a large range capped and there are long reserve lists Chipembele Interpretive Room - an

22 23 Wildlife Protection & Conservation

Top to bottom: SLCS offices; Rachel McRobb, SLCS CEO; SLCS scouts on parade. South Luangwa Conservation Society

“SLCS has worked in close collaboration with ZAWA to strengthen law enforcement activities and manage human wildlife conflict.” ......

South Luangwa Conservation Managing the potential conflicts Society (SLCS) was established that arise between the Parks’ wildlife to provide support to the law and its neighbouring communities enforcement activities of the Zambia presents a significant challenge, Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) in the and ZAWA and SLCS work closely South Luangwa National Park. together to reduce the extent to ZAWA is the Government Authority which the Park’s animals encroach responsible for ensuring that on local communities, and in turn Zambia’s wildlife and biodiversity are the extent to which poaching takes managed effectively and sustainably, place in and around this tremendous for the benefit of all Zambians. natural resource.

The support provided to ZAWA Since 2003, SLCS has worked in by SLCS has proven crucial, as the close collaboration with ZAWA Government authority has only to strengthen law enforcement limited resources and personnel to activities and manage human wildlife manage South Luangwa, one of the conflict. SLCS has also worked to largest and most important National develop and promote alternative Parks in Zambia. The Park, which is income generating activities for local richly endowed with both flora and communities, so as to reduce the fauna, is surrounded on all sides by need to fall back on poaching as a rural communities. It contains a means of providing livelihood and unique and important ecosystem, sustenance. SLCS has also developed and attracts large volumes of tourists extensive wildlife conservation each year, contributing to both and sensitisation activities for the local and national economy. communities that surround the

24 ...... Park. SLCS targets many of these means a lot in a place like this,” Ms activities directly through schools McRobb adds. Top to bottom: Snared themselves, and also through the elephant darted to be SLCS conservation “Fun Run and SLCS now has eight major treated; Wire snare Sports Day” that attracts more than conservation activities that run removed from the darted 3,000 participants annually. alongside the primary activity of law elephant; Elephant, enforcement. These include anti- released once treated. In 2012, SLCS successfully applied fishing and snaring patrols, aerial for an Organisational Support surveillance and various human- Grant from CSEF which provided conflict mitigation programmes. multi-annual core funding to the One such programme uses organisation, to assist SLCS to grow innovations such as chilli guns to and develop in line with its Strategic keep animals away from valuable Plan. “Since I joined SLCS, I can say crops grown by local communities. there has been a great improvement The chilli itself is grown by farmers in terms of law enforcement. When in the community, and is packaged I first joined the organisation, there and sold up the value chain, so was an overall lack of leadership and providing an alternative source of it was just the Chief Executive who income to the farmers who take was trying to do everything. That part in the programme. SLCS is why I had to take over the day to hosts an annual conservation fun day operations, so that she could be run and has, with CSEF support, released to do other things. So from also undertaken other awareness my side I can say we are going up. raising and conservation education The funds from CSEF have assisted activities in the communities with many operations including around the Park. SLCS also improved housing, rations and operates a veterinary clinic, refresher courses for our scouts,” which has been crucial in treating reports SLCS Operations Manager, animals injured by snares. SLCS Benson Kanyembo. can immobilise animals to allow veterinary treatment at the location SLCS Chief Executive Officer that a snared animal is located, Rachel McRobb reflects positively offering the chance to quickly treat on the impact that the CSEF support the animal and release it back into has made on the organisation. In the Park. a relatively short period of time SLCS has put in place and scaled CSEF support has enabled up programmes, improved the SLCS to undertake important effectiveness of the work that the administrative activities and to organisation undertakes, and has train and build the capacities of built its own capacity to continue staff. This support has enabled the sustainably into the future. “The law Chief Executive time to strengthen enforcement on the anti-poaching the systems and structures within side has benefitted greatly from the the organisation. In the last year, CSEF support, and through it we and partially enabled through the have supported 58 village scouts. CSEF grant, SLCS has worked on We have also conducted refresher extending its strategic plan up to training courses for an additional the year 2018. This will ensure that 70 scouts, which is a great number. SLCS can continue to make its vital All scouts benefitted as well from contribution to the conservation of improved housing and electricity. this unique ecosystem, sustainably After living in the camp for ten into the future. years without any electricity, it

24 25 CSEF Grantees Index Below is the total list of CSEF beneficiaries from 2011 - 2013......

A Chejezhi Africa Contact Trust Youth Green Enviro Watch M Prisoners Future Wildlife Education Action Africa Help Association Matero Girls Foundation Conservation Society International with Chilanga Youth Awake Green Initiative Secondary School of Zambia African Community D Zambia (Environment and Project EDUCATE Projects Chimwemwe Diocese of Mongu Conservation Club) Women Environs in Organisation for the Development Centre Green Living R Zambia Action for Positive promotion of Early Movement Mnkhanya Restless Development Change Childhood Rights, Double Eradication Community Resources World Hope Care Education and of Poverty and HIV/ Greenpop Board S Trust African Wildlife Development AIDS in Zambia Savannah Project Foundation H Mwembezyi Natural World Wide Care for Chingola Community E Hantambo Women’s Conservation Society Save Environment and Nature Alliance for Nutrition Initiative Support Earth Organisation Organisation People Agency and Reconstruction Organisation N Y (ANR) Eastern and Southern Harvest Help Africa Nature Guard Save the Environment Youth Environment Chingola District Land Africa Small-scale Organisation Network Alliance for Alliance farmer’s Forum I Natural Resources Sustainable Imiti Ikula Empanga Consultative Forum Self Help Africa Youth Volunteers for Development Chipata District Land Environment Africa Environment and the Environment Alliance Trust Development Natural Resource Society for Association for Land Organisation Energy Forum Marginalised Z Development Chipembele Wildlife Extractive Industries Communities Zambia Alliance of Education Trust Transparency Alliance J Neighbour’s Friend Women B Junior Achievement South Luangwa Choma Environmental Barefoot Theatre F Zambia Network for Conservation Society Zambia Climate Conservation Centre Fiwila Development Environmental Change Network Bio Carbon Partners Trust Concerns and Sport Aid Citizens for a Better K Kachere Arts Studios Solutions Development Trust Zambia Council for Environment Bird Watch Zambia Foundation for Social Development Wildlife Habitat Kasanka Trust New Approach to T Climate Focus Blue Lagoon Trust Conservation Poverty Reduction The Commuter Zambia Institute Network Kasisi Agricultural and Sustainable for Environmental C Future Plant Zambia Training Centre Development The Green Expo Management Caritas Mansa COMACO Limited Katapakatapa Global P The Nature Zambia Land Alliance Community Based G Caritas Zambia Game Rangers Climate Change Pals Of Zambian Conservancy Natural Resources International Solutions Environment and Zambia Scouts Management Forum Centre for Nature Tree Tops Association - Environment Justice Grassroots Trust Keepers Zambia Lusaka Division Community Foundation Participatory Enterprises Promotion U Centre for Livelihood, Green Earth Zambia Ecological Land UNZA Zambia Youth Climate Network (CEPRON) Environment Kocebuka Community Use Management Change Forum and Watershed Green Eco Foundation (PELUM) Zambia Conservation Lake V Management ActionZambia ZENGO Tanganyika Village Sustainable (CLEWM) L People’s Process on Project Green Education Housing and Poverty Conservation Lower Livingstone Green Centro Laici Italiani Foundation Zambia Initative Zambia W per le Missioni Zambezi Water and Sanitation (CeLIM) Green Energy Africa Petauke Land Alliance Consumer Unity and Lundazi District Association of Zambia Trust Society (CUTS) Women’s Assocaition

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