70% of Itigi-Sumbu thicket in the Mweru-Wantipa/Sumbu area has already been destroyed, even where supposedly protected in the national park, on the north shore of the lake where some of the largest patches are located.
A substantial portion of the Itigi-Sumbu thicket in the Mweru-Wantipa/Sumbu area has been utterly devastated, even though it was supposed to be safeguarded within the national park, situated on the northern shore of Lake Mweru where some of the largest patches are found.