November 15, 2006 Edition 4
Lusaka - Zambian environmentalists are opposing a $260-million (about R1,9-billion) plan to construct two hotels, a golf course and hundreds of chalets in a park near the famous Victoria Falls World Heritage Site.
Zambia's Wildlife Authority (Zawa) has given permission to local and foreign investors to go ahead with the project in Livingstone, even though environmental groups said it would harm the local ecology.
Critics say the park and its wildlife could be damaged by the development and Victoria Falls could lose its status as one of Africa's biggest tourist sites.
Peter Sinkamba, the head of one environmental group, said the government did not do a proper study of potential ecological damage.
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