Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association
By Chadenga Lisberty-Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association Youth Network 03 March 2021 INTRODUCTION The success of every government action or framework hinges on the overall policy framework that national action and plan is found. Wildlife is a great source of pride in Zimbabwe not only because of its significant symbolism embedded …
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Righting the wrongs in Zimbabwe’s Mineral Resource Governance: The Zimbabwe I envision
By Roselilly Nokhutula Geza The extractive industry revolves around operations that remove gas, metals, minerals, stones and the earth with the intention of repurposing or adding value to them. Zimbabwe is a country endowed with vast extractive resources and has potential to harness these for sustainable development. Situated in the …
Read More »” Spikes on the roadmap towards the realisation of the 12billion mining strategy.”
By Cosmas Sunguro and Proud Nyakuni. Dated 16-07-2020 trucks loading diamond ore in Chiadzwa. The road map towards the attainment of 12 Billion dollar economy as pronounced by government of Zimbabwe is under siege due to emerging impediments. The disclosure was made at a workshop hosted and facilitated by Zimbabwe …
Read More »Mimosa mining company reaches out to the community
Compiled by Kudakwashe Zivera Mimosa mining company on 21/07/2020 once again enabled citizen participation by calling stakeholders for an EIA consultation meeting for an expansion of a tailings dam and opening of a new shaft at North hill. The meeting was attended by the local Chief,DDC ,RRDC,government departments and the …
Read More »Lack of Transparency on Diamond Relocation from Marange Diamond Fields exposes Diamond Companies at Chirasika Primary School
Article and Pictures by: Mufute Tawanda B (ATRDT Sec) With the call for social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 one wonders how Chirasika Primary School is going to conduct lessons when schools reopen. Chirasika Primary School was built by Anjin Mining Company for the diamond relocated families. Four …
Read More »Implications of the cancellation of the COP 26 on climate action in Southern Africa
By Rodrick Moyo, Byron Zamasiya and Michelle Matsvaire Climate change is one of the major problems affecting both developing and developed countries in the 21st century. The world is in a climate crisis and the time for action is #now. Most notably, the year 2020 was anticipated in earmarking implementation …
Read More »Why calling for the total ban of wildlife trade does not make sense to Zimbabwean communities: Its illegal Wildlife Trade that we need to deal with
Compiled by Nobuhle T Mabhikwa-Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association Introduction Wildlife trade has been a topical issue in the past, but this time around what makes it more special is the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientists suspect that the virus has its origins in snakes, bats and pangolins, the latter of which is …
Read More »From where we stand: Taking away fishermen from the Zambezi River would only escalate illegal Wildlife Trade and poaching
Compiled by Byron Zamasiya-Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association The COVID-19 which broke out in Wuhan city, Hubei Province, China late last year and spread to over 70 countries has taken the world by storm[1][2]. There is a general agreement that this disease which has its ecological reservoir in bats broke out …
Read More »Illegal wildlife trade in the face of Covid-19: Emerging lessons
By Nqobizitha Ndlovu-Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association Introduction The first quarter of the year has seen the outbreak and fight against the COVID-19 epidemic eclipse all world issues. The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the disease a pandemic on 11 March 2020, and currently it has infected over 2 million and …
Read More »Women:Major actors in the fight against Covid-19
By Fadzai Lee Midzi-Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association On 22 March 2020 we were celebrating world water day, acknowledging the importance of water. In the wake of COVID-19 pandemic and the climate change discourse, water remains a critical resource which is getting scarce by the day yet key in preventing the …
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