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The source of salinity and the geochemical processes that control the groundwater salinization in the Machile River Basin within the Sesheke and Kazungula districts of Western and Southern provinces of Zambia are not well understood and explained. The central part of the basin contains saline...

The Lands Tribunal was set up with the aim of creating a forum through which land-related disputes could be disposed of in a quick, flexible and cost effective manner. However, its functions were greatly undermined by jurisdictional restrictions imposed by the Lands Act as well as the various...

Water is essential to all, as basic daily human needs of life. It is important that people have access to enable them survive. The importance of water as a basic need cannot be over emphasized. Zambia has the largest water resources in southern Africa covering 63% of the entire water resource and...

Zambia is bestowed with abundant water resources but the majority of her people do not have access to adequate and clean water. Urban areas, particularly the squatter settlements, face a number of problems resulting from inadequate water supply. These problems are worsened by high levels of...

Dambos are a valuable natural resource on which a number of human activities are taking place. In Zambia, most dambos have been turned into agricultural, grazing and sand mining areas. This result into the degradation of the dambo ecosystem.This study was undertaken in the dambos of Mwami border...

Zambia is endowed with a great variety of natural resources. For instance, Zambia has good climate with a favourable rainfall pattern; this provides sufficient recharge for the surface and ground water resources. In spite of the sufficient surface and ground water resources, accessibility to...

Dominant human malaria vectors in Chongwe district, Zambia, were identified and impacts of indoor Residual House Spraying (IRHS) on their diversity, abundance and distribution assessed. A case-control type of study design was used in which Chishiko village in the district was the case in point,...

One of the sad features of urbanization is the failure of the Public Sector to provide effective urban services like solid waste management to citizens. According to literature, lack of capacity has been one of the major problems that had been sighted for failure of the Public Sector to perform...

Zambia’s ethnic groups have each developed indigenous practices and systems that make up their Indigenous Knowledge (IK). This IK has not been adequately documented nor has it been used in modern approaches to natural resource conservation. IK is useful not only in managing water resources but...

The aim of the study was to determine the knowledge and practices of Ndola Urban residents towards home accidents in children. A non-experimental descriptive research design was conducted using a standard questionnaire. The study was conducted in Ndola, on the Copperbelt Province. Ndola has an...