Kafue The Trustees

Friends of Kafue

THE TRUSTEES Environmental protection cannot be separated from Social Justice” BBC Earthfile 8 February 1995.
	Tom Younger (Chairman) Tom Younger was born in Zambia. His father, Graham Younger, the founder of the Kafue Trust, was deeply enthusiastic about the Kafue National Park and everything that it stands for, caring always for its future as a huge part of Zambia’s heritage. Tom’s earliest memories include camping trips in the Park along the banks of the Kafue River. From his early childhood he has been passionate about the African wilderness and in particular has a great attachment to the Kafue National Park and its unique beauty. Educated in Zambia and the United Kingdom, and having spent most of his working life focusing on property development in the United Kingdom and more recently back in the country of his birth, Tom has recognised that Africa’ wilderness is not to be taken for granted and is under terrible pressure. He is therefore committing an increasing amount of his time to philanthropic enterprises will help ensure that this national treasure will survive into the future and will be there to be enjoyed and be a source of pride for future generations of Zambians and international visitors alike.
	Mark Younger Mark was born in Zambia and has a long historic connection and attachment to the Kafue National Park area via a family-owned tract of land on the banks of the Kafue River. Mark recalls many expeditions he made to the Kafue during its heyday at a time when wildlife was abundant everywhere. He would like to see the area restored to its former glory and sees the Kafue Trust and its plans and objectives as a way of contributing to this.
	Professor Emeritus Ian Swingland OBE Ian Swingland is an international conservation biologist who worked in the Kafue National Park in the early seventies and who has worked extensively throughout Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Ian has sought to address conservation through the detailed application of science together with the incorporation of commercial incentives. He founded and built the prestigious Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology at the University of Kent, UK and is a foundation trustee of the Kafue Trust.
	Dr Harry Chabwela Harry N. Chabwela is one of Zambia’s most experienced and respected environmental researchers and consultants. With particular interest in wildlife and wetlands ecology, he is Senior Lecturer in Ecology and Zoology, University of Zambia, Department of Biology. In addition to his technical background Dr Chabwela has a deep understanding of the issues surrounding the institutional context of wildlife, communities and the environment in Zambia. This has been grounded in a series of increasingly senior positions in Government service. A former Director of the Zambia National Parks and Wildlife Service he was subsequently Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism and Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office, in the Office of the Prime Minister.
	Julien De Groote Julien worked for a major part of his career at director’s level for multi-national companies worldwide. It was his experience in Africa and Asia, observing the social, ecological and business cost of projects, which were not managed with neither benefits to the local population nor the environment in mind that led him to specialise in the area of sustainable development. Due to his international business experience and his training at the Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology at the University of Kent., he has the insight to translate environmental performance and social awareness into commercial advantage. Specialised in harvesting and commercialisation of non timber forest products his contribution to the Trust will be of great importance to improve the standard of living of people residing in the vicinity of the Park.
	Henry Banda Henry Banda has a strong background in economics and a wealth of business experience in Africa, America, Europe and Asia. He heads his own business consultancy firm which specialises in offering advice as well as partnering with international investors interested in commercial enterprises across the Africa continent. Many of the investors are involved in projects that benefit Zambia and he hopes that in due course some will contribute to the objectives of the Kafue Trust. He has a passion for the development of Africa and a steadfast belief that the preservation of the natural environment and responsible eco-tourism, in which Kafue National Park will become an increasingly valuable asset in Zambia, are key components to this development.
	Professor Nigel Leader-Williams Nigel Leader-Williams has held the Chair of Biodiversity Management at the University of Kent since 1996, and has been the director of DICE since 1999. A trained veterinary surgeon, he has since specialised in applied ecology and conservation biology. His research included the examination of the conservation requirements of Black Rhinos and Elephants in Zambia. He then worked for the Director of Wildlife in Tanzania developing policies for the wildlife sector.
	Sipho Phiri Sipho Phiri is a long time family friend of the Younger’s who established the Trust. Tom Younger, the current Chairman of the Trust and Sipho are very active in conservation involving private sector developments with significant community involvement. Having been able to enjoy Kafue National Park since their childhood, both Sipho and Tom have a special affinity for the Park. Sipho has extensive consulting, corporate banking and property development experience having worked for a regional professional services firm and various financial institutions in Europe, Asia and Africa. Sipho has been a very active member of Boards at executive level and apart form the normal Board related responsibilities has advised various Boards on sensitive local issues, governance and best practice models.
	Steve Smith Born in Kabwe, Zambia, Steve started developing Nanzhila Plains Safari Camp in southern Kafue National Park in 2005. This is an area he is familiar with and has visited on many occasions during the sixties and seventies. He is a passionate conservationist, reflected always in his selfless efforts to protect habitats and threatened species in the KNP, especially in places where pressures from uncontrolled bush fires and illegal hunting are rife. His Safari Camp is the base for the Trust’s operations in the south of the Park.
	Dr Geoffrey Zyambo Geoffrey Zyambo is a highly experienced veterinarian who has worked as Director of the Zambian Department of Veterinary Services and Director of the Zambian National Parks and Wildlife Service, now the Zambia Wildlife Authority; for the UN FAO and as Senior State Veterinary Officer in the Department of Agriculture, Republic of South Africa. His areas of specialisation include foot and mouth disease, bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis and he has a profound understanding and keen interest in development of the national protected area system and resolution of human/wildlife conflicts. He is currently resident veterinarian at the Livestock Co-operative Society, Lusaka.
	Peter de Vere Moss Peter is an experienced international development consultant, wildlife biologist, project manager and advisor who worked for the Office of The President in Zambia and as both a Wildlife Ranger and Biologist in the Kafue National Park. The author of the first comprehensive Management Plan for the KNP and more recently the National Policy on Environment. Peter has been associated with Zambia for over 40 years and specialises in protected area management, environmental policy and national park planning, conservation tourism and rural development.
	Ian Murphy Ian Murphy is an internationally recognised and highly respected award-winning professional photographer (amongst his awards is the prestigious “Wildlife Photographer of the Year” award presented at London’s Natural History Museum), author and conservationist, best known for his works on industrial development, tourism, the environment and wildlife. He has worked with the Zambia Tourist Board and his clients have included Shell UK, Rolls Royce, Glaxo, Lonrho, Petroleum Development Oman, and the Sunday Times, Observer and Telegraph Magazines. He has published and illustrated a pictorial account of the whole country titled “Zambia”. For this the President Kaunda offered him Honorary Citizenship of Zambia. He is currently working on a comprehensive handbook for Kafue National Park as well as “The New Zambia” covering the remarkable achievements and progress made in the country during the last 25 years.
The trustees have come together to promote the Trust, using their wealth of technical skills and extensive international experience in conservation and development to help Kafue National Park become an outstanding “must see” conservation area for the world and a priceless national asset for Zambia and its people.