Luanda – The Angolan Government will start implementing the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area project (KASA) in January 2010, aimed at the protection of biodiversity, involving some of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) countries.

The project is a regional undertaking and involves Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Zambia, whose frontiers have rich fauna and forests, with the local authorities intending to promote tourist activities.

The national director of biodiversity of the Ministry of Environment, Soki kwedikuenda, said the project covers the Angolan south-eastern Kuando-Kubango province, particularly the reserve areas of Luiana, in Mavinga and Mukosso.

"Studies have already started to better know the biodiversity existing in the region. we have been working order to turn the Luiana reserve into a national reserve, under the KASA project", he said.

The source also said that one of the purposes of KASA is the promotion of tourism, which includes the transformation of conservation areas into tourist resorts.

KASA Protocol was signed two years ago by Angola, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia and Botswana