Zambia is a land-locked, tropical country which takes its name from the magnificent Zambezi River, the fourth-longest river in Africa. Much of the country lies on a high plateau without much variation in altitude so it appears much flatter than its mountainous neighbours.

Zambia is home to more intact Miombo woodland than any other country in the world, which includes typical miombo flora of high trees with shrub and grassland underneath. The country is also characterised by large lakes, wetlands, vast floodplains, and spectacular waterfalls.

The differences between the temperature and rainfall across the wet and dry seasons means that Zambian wildlife have adapted to 15 natural ecosystem types. Zambia is also the host of the world’s biggest mammal migration, with around 10 million Straw-coloured Fruit Bats migrating to the evergreen swamp forests of Kasanka National Park each year.

Deforestation is a key ecological issue facing the country, caused in large part by commercial agriculture and open-cast mining,