The Government of the Republic of Zambia with the support from the World Bank successfully launched the updated Land, and Water Natural Capital Account (NCA) Technical reports on 28th December 2022, under the Global Program on Sustainability (GPS). The two reports were officially launched by the World Bank (Acting Zambia Country Manager, Ms. Ngao, Mubanga) and the Permanent Secretary (PS),  Ministry of Finance and National Planning (Economic Management and Finance) Mr. Danies. K. Chisenda, accompanied by, the Acting PS – Monitoring and Evaluation Ministry of Finance and National Planning, Ms.  Mwaka Mukubesa, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources Ms. Daphne Chabu and representative of the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Water Development and Sanitation, Ms. Flora Simumba. The updated Land NCA report covers the period 2018-2021, and the Water NCA report covers 2017-2020. The launch had good media coverage and was well attended by over 40 participants from various government and private institutions.
In his remarks the Permanent Secretary Economic Management and Finance, Mr. Danies. K. Chisenda, said that “this launch is evident that as a nation, we have embraced natural capital accounting as a tool to guide investment for more diversified, inclusive and sustainable growth”.
Speaking at the event, the World Bank representative Ms. Ngao Mubanga, said “that the launch of the two reports is a manifestation of the great importance that the Zambian government attaches to natural capital accounting in contributing to national development. Zambia’s experience is an example to other countries in the region and beyond as they continue to build capacity across their various NCA technical working groups in this field.”

Figure 1: The Government of the Republic of Zambia and the World Bank representatives launching the updated Land (2018-2021) and Water (2017-2020) NCA technical reports.
Left to right: Ministry of Finance and National Planning (Acting PS – Monitoring and Evaluation, Ms.  Mwaka Mukubesa), Ministry of Water Development and Sanitation (Acting PS, Ms. Flora Simumba), Ministry of Finance and National Planning (PS – Economic Management and Finance, Mr. Danies. K. Chisenda), Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources (PS, Ms. Daphne Chabu) and World Bank (Acting Zambia Country Manager, Ms. Ngao, Mubanga).