Замбиядағы Люва жазығы ұлттық паркі

National park in Zambia

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Liuwa Plain National Park is a national park in Zambia's Western Province. "Liuwa" means "plain" in the local Liuwa language, a dialect of Lozi language, and the plains originally served as a hunting ground for Lubosi Lewanika, the Litunga (king or paramount chief) of the Lozi people. The area was designated as a protected area by Lubosi Lewanika in the early 1880s, and as a national park in 1972, when Zambia's government took over management. The nonprofit conservation organization African Parks has managed Liuwa in partnership with the Department of National Parks and Wildlife and the Barotse Royal Establishment since 2003. The park's grasslands support a variety of large mammals, including tens of thousands of blue wildebeest, whose annual migration is Africa's second largest. Frequently sighted large predators include the cheetah, spotted hyena, and lion, the most famous of which was a female resident called Lady Liuwa, who was the subject of a National Geographic documentary (The Last Lioness) before she died of natural causes in 2017. Lady Liuwa was the only remaining lion in the area, following years of excess hunting, prior to African Parks' assuming management and introducing additional lions to encourage the re establishment of a pride. More than 300 bird species have been recorded in Liuwa, which has experienced limited tourism until recently. Animal populations have since stabilized, despite declines and local extinctions during the 1990s–2000s.

Before the national park was established, the area served as the hunting ground for Lubosi Lewanika (1842–1916), who was the Litunga (king or paramount chief) of the Lozi people in Barotseland between 1878 and 1916. Lubosi Lewanika designated Liuwa Plain as a protected area in the early 1880s. Despite gaining such status, increased human pressure led to an increase in poaching in the park. The park is prominently made up of a grassland that measures approximately , scattered with raffia palms and woodlands. which gather in the tens of thousands. Liuwa's wildebeest migration is the second largest in Africa. Subsequent surveys suggested major population declines, with possible eradication of buffalo, eland, Lichtenstein's hartebeest, and roan antelope. However, improved protections since 2003 has stabilized populations. Eland and buffalo have been reintroduced, and the zebra population has increased to over 4,000 individuals. Predators include the cheetah, leopard, lion, African wild dog and spotted hyena. The organization has since led the introductions of several additional lions to reestablish a breeding pride in Liuwa, where there are 16 lions, as of 2022. In an effort to reestablish the species to the park, 11 African wild dogs (eight males from South Africa and three females from Kafue National Park) were translocated to the park in late 2021. The animals were kept in a split compartment boma to bond, after which they were released in April 2022 and started to immediately move as a pack. Kafue National Park) translocated to Liuwa in late 2021. Smaller omnivores in Liuwa include the banded mongoose and side striped jackal. Since 2005, the protected area is considered a Lion Conservation Unit.

Lady Liuwa was the park's most prominent resident, and was the subject of a National Geographic documentary released in 2010. Recorded water birds include the marabou, open billed, saddle billed, and yellow billed stork, as well as the blacksmith lapwing, egrets (including the slaty egret), the grey heron, pygmy geese, the spur winged goose, and the three banded plover. The black winged pratincole, Denham's bustard, long tailed widowbird, pink billed lark, rosy throated longclaw, secretary bird, sharp tailed starling, swamp boubou, white bellied bustard, and white cheeked bee eater are also present, as are clapper larks. Liuwa Plain National Park also provides habitat for various snake species.