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Upper Kafue River watershed

Forests, freshwater, and fisheries providing food security and sustainable livelihoods

Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 1

Author FAO, CIFOR, and Worldfish

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Poster, banner

Synopsis (short abstract) Poster describing integrated watershed analyses for the upper Kafue River watershed, Zambia. The poster describes results of a household survey of riparian communities, spatial assessment of human population density change, remotely-sensed forest cover analyses, fisheries assessments using existing data, and climate forecasts. It integrates on-the-ground research with existing historical data and remote spatial analyses to understand patterns across the watershed, e.g. highest forest cover loss where human population has increased the most and decreasing trends in forest cover and length of fish captures, to develop a monitoring and management plan that is robust and resilient to expected changes in climate.

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