Formation of the Society
The Zambezi Society was formed as a lobby group in opposition to a proposal to flood Mana Pools with the building of a dam on the Zambezi River at Mupata Gorge.
Saving Mana Pools (-1985)
The Society helped mobilise international support against the dam at Mupata Gorge and drafted Zimbabwe’s application for World Heritage Site status for Mana Pools. This was successful. Mana Pools was subsequently also designated as a National Park. The Mupata Gorge dam site was abandoned in favour of an alternative site at Batoka Gorge between Victoria Falls and Kariba.
1983
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