Electricity production in the world

Protected areas share total land area in Angola

Another indicator of environmental sustainability is the proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected. The extent of the protected land area in Angola has…

Map of Zimbabwe

Total Area of Country: 390 759 sq km Portion of Country within Zambezi Basin: 215 800 (55.2%) National Population in 2010: 13.5 million Portion…

Change in the number of threatened species in Namibia

Threats to biodiversity include over-grazing, agriculture and mining (WWF 2006). Figure 4.34 shows that there are 58 threatened species in Namibia, an increase of…

Threatened species in Tanzania

Tanzania is a large country with vast biological diversity and high numbers of threatened species,well documented. According to IUCN (2008), Tanzania has 10 008…

Population distribution in the Zambezi River Basin

Population distribution is uneven in the basin, with large areas uninhabited and reserved for wildlife. In 1998, the average population density in the basin…

Zambezi River Basin electrical infrastructure

The estimated hydropower potential of the Zambezi River is in the order of 20 000 MW of which only 4 684 MW has been…

Land area covered by forests in Angola

Angola is the most densely forested country in the Basin (FAO 2010), including tropical rainforests in the north. While some Basin states had deforestation…

Carbon dioxide emissions in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has done well in phasing out ozone depleting substances, reaching the target five years ahead of the 2015 deadline set by the Montreal…

Protected areas share of total land area in Botwana

The Government of Botswana has designated a sizeable portion of land area for conservation since before 1990. The protected areas in Botswana total 104,988…

Protected area share of total land area in Zimbabwe

The Government of Zimbabwe has maintained the size of protected areas since 1990 at 46 504 sq km, which is 12% of the national…