ACTING Tourism Minister Collins Nzovu says government is considering degazetting some protected areas to accommodate the growing population, but this will be a last solution. Nzovu was responding to a question posed by Chilubi PF MP Mulenga Fube in the National Assembly, who wondered whether government would consider degazetting some national parks to accommodate the growing population. “Ecologically speaking and in addition, the food chain entails that since Zambia at independence had 3.5 million people and most of the game parks if you check were created when we were at 5.2 million Zambians, now we are at 20 million. Meaning that the dwelling places of people and search for food and economic activities is expanding. The minister did say that...