The Cuando River Basin Report Card is in moderate conditioin

The first-ever Cuando River Basin Report Card is now available! There is also a short video summarizing the project and its importance. Overall, the basin is in moderate health. More information and work is needed to improve understanding of the basin and improve the score.

The Cuando (or Kwando) River Basin spans parts of four countries--Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and Zambia--in south-central Africa. The basin is home to fewer than 200,000 people but shelters half of Africa's remaining savnnah elephant population and is critical habitat for many other wildlife species.

This report card is part of a larger project entitled “Water Partnerships for a Resilient Cuando Basin,” funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and supported by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) Zambia, the Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM), and the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA).

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