Africa

Zambia

• © UNESCO/Jasmina Sopova
• Riverside in Zambia

The country is covered by the UNESCO Cluster Office in Harare, Zimbabwe.

A UNESCO Chair in Renewable Energy and environment was established at the University of Zambia in 2001 to promote an integrated system of research, training, information and documentation in the field of renewable energy and environment.

Below you can access the projects that are currently being implemented in the country within the framework of UNESCO’s Natural Sciences Sector.

Freshwater

- Assessment of Pollution Status and Vulnerability of Water Supply Aquifers of African Cities More

- Southern Africa Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data (SA FRIEND)

- Sustainable Integrated Management and Development of the Arid and Semi-Arid Region of Southern Africa programme (SIMDAS)

People, Biodiversity and Ecology

- Sustainable Integrated Management and Development of the Arid and Semi-Arid Region of Southern Africa programme (SIMDAS)

Earth Sciences

- Pan-African Network for a Geoscience Information System (PANGIS)

- Geodynamics of the East African Rift System / Geophysical Characteristics and Evolution of the South-western Branch of the East African Rift System (IGCP, Project 482/489)

- Avaibility of groundwater resources in selected urban areas in Southern African Development Community (SADC) region (IGCP, Project 529)

Basic Sciences

- Global Microscience Project (GPME)

Renewable and Alternative Energies

- UNESCO Chair in Renewable Energy and Environment, established in 2001 at the University of Zambia More