We strongly believe in making sure that rural and urban communities call government, local authorities and private actors to account through improved access to information, public participation in decision making processes and access to justice.
The Spirit behind the formation of the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Assorciation (ZELA) was to promote environmental justice and sustainable use of natural resources through legal and policy research, advocacy, community capacity building and impact..
We are therefore, calling for government and private sector transparency and accountability in the management, distribution and use of benefits derived from natural resources in Zimbabwe.

Overview

Formed in 2000 and legally constituted as a Trust in November 2001 under Notarial Deed of Trust MA1669/2001, the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) is a premier public interest environmental law group based in Zimbabwe. As a public interest non-governmental organisation we seek to promote environmental justice, sustainable and equitable use of natural resources, democracy and good governance in the natural resources and environment sector.

We seek to accomplish our mission through legal and policy research, advocacy, impact litigation, conflict resolution and civic education. Our work spans over helping poor communities to assert and claim their environmental, economic, social and cultural rights within the natural resources and environmental sector.

Latest News

Mining and Extractive industries
Extractive Industry & Mining Program The first and most critical area that requires urgent attention is mining, or broadly the extractive sector. Since the decline of the agricultural sector minin...
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Service delivery
Poor service delivery by local government authorities is emerging as a major threat to any efforts to fight poverty and justice. This is conceivably likely to continue in the foreseeable future unless...
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Land and Natural Resources 1
Historically, land tenure has been controversial in Zimbabwe. At the moment the main legal challenge for rural communities is weak tenure rights over communal land which is state owned. Land grabbing...
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Climate Change and Energy
As proclaimed by the United Nations Development Programme, climate change is now a scientifically established fact. There is a causal relationship between global warming and the changing weather patte...
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Investments in the Natural Resources Sector
While government’s economic blue print, Zim Asset has many defects, the fact that it is anchored on exploitation of natural resources to trigger economic growth is a vitally interesting position...
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