Constitution of Zambia (Amendment)
[No. 2 of 2016
254. (1) Land shall be delimited and classified as State land,
customary land and such other classification, as prescribed.
(2) The President may, through the Lands Commission, alienate
land to citizens and non-citizens, as prescribed.
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Classification
and
alienation of
land and land
tenure
(3) Land shall be held for a prescribed tenure.
Environment and Natural Resources
255. The management and development of Zambia’s
environment and natural resources shall be governed by the following
principles:
(a) natural resources have an environmental, economic, social
and cultural value and this shall be reflected in their
use;
(b) the person responsible for polluting or degrading the
environment is responsible for paying for the damage
done to the environment;
(c) where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage
to the environment, lack of full scientific certainty shall
not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective
measures to prevent environmental degradation;
(d) the conservation and protection of ecologically sensitive
areas, habitats, species and other environment shall be
done in a sustainable manner;
(e) respect for the integrity of natural processes and ecological
communities;
(f) benefits accruing from the exploitation and utilisation of
the environment and natural resources shall be shared
equitably amongst the people of Zambia;
(g) saving of energy and the sustainable use of renewable
energy sources shall be promoted;
(h) reclaiming and rehabilitation of degraded areas and those
prone to disasters shall be promoted;
(i) unfair trade practices in the production, processing,
distribution and marketing of natural resources shall be
eliminated;
(j) origin, quality, methods of production, harvesting and
processing of natural resources shall be regulated;
Principles of
environmental
and natural
resources
management
and
development