November 14 2006 at 11:09AM
By Shapi Shacinda
Lusaka - Zambian environmentalists oppose a $260-million (about R1,8-billion) plan to construct two hotels, a golf course and hundreds of chalets in a park near the famous Victoria Falls world heritage site, officials said on Monday.
Zambia's Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) has given permission to local and foreign investors to go ahead with the project in Livingstone, 480km south of Lusaka, even though environmental groups said it would harm the local ecology.
Critics say the park and its wildlife, which includes black rhinos, could be damaged by the development and Victoria Falls could lose its status as one of Africa's biggest tourist sites.
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ZAWA have not given Legacy permission to go ahead; they have issued a Tourism Concession Agreement only. The rhino in the Mosi oa Tunya National Park are white rhino, not black; and the Park is in the World Heritage Site
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