CONSERVATION
Not a footnote.
The Main Point.
Since 2023, work has been continuous and direct. The reserve is recovering because the communities around it have reason to want it to. That is Norman Carr’s founding insight — the only durable protection wildlife will ever have is the genuine investment of the communities who live alongside it. Still being proven here, on this same ground, seventy years on.
What the work looks like:
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Anti-poaching. Local scouts from Mwanya Chiefdom patrolling the full 3,500 acres. Professional training, proper equipment. Local scouts given the power to secure their own land.
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Clean water. Chibembe owns a borehole drilling rig, shipped from the United States. Community drinking water across Mwanya Chiefdom and dedicated wildlife water sources within the reserve.
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Education. Teacher housing built for remote village schools. School supplies and books provided directly to the children of Mwanya Chiefdom.
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Wildlife monitoring. Conservation South Luangwa radio tower on the property. Game cameras across all habitats. Scientific monitoring active.
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Land management. Fire management, invasive species removal, deforestation prevention, aerial survey and satellite monitoring.
“The wildlife will last only as long as the people beside it have reason to want it to.”
- Norman Carr
THE RECOVERY
Visible season
to season.
Since 2023, game that had been absent or scarce has returned. The wafwas are recovering. Buffalo herds using the full extent of the reserve. The wildlife is responding because the communities protecting it have a reason to.