About The Programme

The Zambian Carnivore Programme (ZCP) is a Zambian-registered non-profit organization dedicated to conserving large carnivores and the ecosystems they reside in through a combination of conservation science, conservation actions, and a comprehensive education and capacity-building effort. We work in close collaboration with the Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) to accomplish the following goals:

• To safeguard large carnivores, their prey and habitat through research, conservation and education
• To utilize large carnivores and their prey as flagship species for large landscape conservation
• To provide information and recommendations to the DNPW and support efforts to conserve wildlife and ecosystems
• To increase knowledge and understanding of large carnivore and large herbivore dynamics and interrelationships and contribute to conservation of these species as a whole
• To build capacity with Zambian organizations and governmental agencies for conservation of large carnivores and herbivores, their ecological functions and habitats.