Zambezi River Basin

Southern African Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC) I Musokotwane Environment Resource Centre for Southern Africa (IMERCSA) 15 Downie Avenue, Belgravia, Box 5690, Harare, Zimbabwe Tel +263 4 791141 /43 Fax +263 4 791 271 Email imercsa@sardc.net www.sardc.net Knowledge for Development Southern African Development Community (SADC) Water Division SADC Secretariat, SADC House, Private Bag 0095, Gaborone, Botswana Tel +267 395 1863 Fax +267 397 2848 /318 1070 Email registry@sadc.int www.sadc.int A Shared Future within a Regional Community Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM) Interim Secretariat, Block C, Fairgrounds Office Park, P.O. Box 45169, Gaborone, Botswana Tel +267 365 6660 Fax +267 390 9368 Email zamcom@zambezicommission.org www.zambezicommission.org

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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Division of EarlyWarning and Assessment (DEWA) P.O. Box 30552, Nairobi 00100, Kenya Tel +254 20 623 562 Fax +254 20 623 944 E-mail Africa.Coordinator@unep.org www.unep.org

© SARDC, SADC, ZAMCOM, GRID-Arendal, UNEP 2012

ISBN: 978-0-7974-5010-3

This book is accessible online through GRID-Arendal www.grida.no with links to the Virtual Library for Southern Africa www.sardc.net (Knowledge for Development) as well as www.sadc.int, www.zambezicommission.org and www.unep.org

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Citation: SADC/SARDC and others 2012. Zambezi River Basin Atlas of the Changing Environment. SADC, SARDC, ZAMCOM, GRID-Arendal, UNEP. Gaborone, Harare and Arendal

The designation of geographical entities, use of any name in this publication, and the presentation of the material do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of SADC, ZAMCOM, SARDC, GRID-Arendal or UNEP or concerning the legal status of any country or territory, or area of its authority, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

Cover Design by Paul Wade and Tonely Ngwenya

Cover Artwork by Tapfuma Gutsa. Made fromTonga baskets, the front cover depicts the Zambezi river spirit, Nyaminyami, and the back cover image is Mulonga, the river. Related artwork inside is Husha, all fromTapfuma Gutsa’s exhibition titled Mulonga, DeepWaters and Starry Skies

Cartography, design and print by GRID-Arendal, Norway