Prepared by:
Soils Incorporated (Pvt) Ltd, Harare, Zimbabwe
in association with Chalo Environmental & Sustainable Development Consultants, Lusaka, Zambia

Please cite this report as follows:

Soils Incorporated (Pty) Ltd and Chalo Environmental and Sustainable Development Consultants. 2000. Kariba Dam Case Study, prepared as an input to the World Commission on Dams, Cape Town, www.dams.org

The Kariba Dam-Zambezi River Basin Study began in late May 1999 with the preparation of the scoping paper, which was to identify key issues to be addressed during the study phase. The draft scoping report was discussed in a meeting held in Kariba Town (Zimbabwe) on August 5-6, 1999. The meeting was attended by representatives of various government, private sector, academic, and civil society organizations from Zambia and Zimbabwe, but also from other countries of the Southern African sub-region (Mozambique, Botswana and South Africa). The minutes of the scoping meeting and the final report reflect the feedback from this consultation meeting and various written comments received afterwards.

The scoping paper laid out the general framework of the study report, which was finalised in January 2000. The draft study report was circulated in December 1999 and discussed in a second stakeholder meeting.

The second phase of the study was carried out by Soils Incorporated (Zimbabwe) in association with Chalo ESDC (Zambia). The overall study process was led by Dr. Alois Hungwe (soilsinc@harare.iafrica.com) from Soils Inc.

Final Paper - November 2000:

• Executive Summary
• Table of Contents
• PDF> Main Text (4,027k)
• PDF> Annexes (573k)

Archive Material:

• Press Release March 1999 - background information on the case study.
• PDF> Final Draft - September 2000 (1,113k)
• PDF> Final Draft - annexes - September 2000 (455k)
• PDF> Final Scoping Paper - August 1999 (307k)
• Minutes and Participants List of Stakeholder Meeting - Kariba Town, August 5-6 1999