Collaborating to create the Luangwa River Report Card

From April 28- May 17, Heath Kelsey, Alexandra Fries, and Lili Badri traveled to Zambia to work with WWF Zambia on the development of the Luangwa River Basin Report Card. In the first week, we hosted a report card training workshop in Lusaka, which allowed WWF and specific partners to learn about tools and techniques for stakeholder engagement, data analysis, and science communication. The following two weeks consisted of stakeholder workshops in Katete and Mpika where professionals across different sectors had the opportunity to create a shared vision for the Luangwa River Basin and identify and prioritize indicators to evaluate. This project will be our third collaboration with WWF Zambia, with previous projects including the Lower Kafue River Basin Report Card in 2019 and the Cuando River Basin Report Card in 2021. Stay tuned for a detailed workshop summary newsletter this summer.

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