SAVE THE ZAMBEZI

The Zambezi River is Africa’s fourth largest river and is already heavily impacted by over 30 dams which have altered the natural flow, destroyed communities, and decimated important ecosystems. Now, another mega-dam threatens to flood the Batoka Gorge below Mosi oa Tunya (Victoria Falls), a World Heritage Site.The proposal calls for a dam wall 181 m high – the equivalent of a 60-story high skyscraper - built about 45 km downstream from Mosi oa Tunya/Victoria Falls. As the reservoir fills up, the water will flood the Batoka Gorge all the way to the base of the falls.The resulting dam will cover around 23 km2 and will be the 4th largest dam on Africa’s most dammed river.The downstream ecosystems and communities that depend on the river’s flow will be damaged even…

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Kayak Session (Digital) - 1 Issue, Summer 2020

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