Assessing Landcover Change for the Management of Floral and Aquatic Ecosystem in Kalikiliki Area of Lusaka, Zambia

Floral and aquatic ecosystems are important for survival of both human and non-human forms of life because of the diverse ecosystem services and goods they provide.[1] Affirm that ecosystems have great contributions to quality of human and non-human life.These contributions derived from ecosystems can be categorised as; provisioning of services such as water, food and timber; regulating services such as climate regulation, erosion control, air quality; supporting services such as soil formation, oxygen production and; cultural services, which include recreational and health benefits [2].Additionally, ecosystems play an important role in sustainably reducing the risks of disasters [3] such as urban flooding and environmental diseases [4].As a result, over exploitation of these resources harms the health of the ecosystems and health of the people [5].[6] also affirms that, despite nature making human life possible, the relentless demand for earth's resources is accelerating extinction rates and devastating the earth's ecosystems.Therefore, protection and management of ecosystems has become an urgent and imperative venture.Ecosystem protection has since the last decade been a popular phrase among various stakeholders such as environmental educators, conservationists and other interdisciplinary communities of scientists [7] and [8].For example, by the time this study was being conducted, the United Nations launched the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030 in order to expedite the process of restoring degraded and degrading ecosystem and protect those that were still intact [9].A study by [10] revealed that all ecosystems irrespective of their geographic location are under some form of stress.However, urban ecosystems are more threatened than those in many rural setups.