Zambia Philately: 1972 Conservation Year (2nd Issue) – 40n National Parks

Since independence, a much stronger emphasis was given to wildlife conservation, particularly as public interest had grown and safari tourism showed itself to have a high potential. From only one
National Park before independence, Zambia reserved twenty-nine million hectares of land for wildlife conservation including nineteen National Parks and thirty-one Game Management Areas.

Up until 1974, Zambia’s wildlife estate had relatively few poaching problems when compared with Kenya and Tanzania. However, poaching became the single most serious problem facing National Parks. It threatened all other interests that depended on wildlife resources. Elephant numbers that were known to be over 100,000 by the mid-1970s dropped to 40,000 by the 1980s, and the black rhino, which used to be plentiful in many parts of Zambia, began to only appear in isolated parts of the Kafue, Lower Zambezi and Luangwa National Parks.

Details

Date of Issue: 30 June 1972
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Designer: John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd
Printer: John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd
Process: Lithography
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