ZELA Blogs

01 July 2022 The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) through its research arm, the Africa Institute for Environmental Law will on the 7th of July 2022 hold a virtual consultative dialogue to take stock of the policy, legal and institutional development in plastic regulation and identify policy challenges and opportunities. The dialogue …

ZELA PRESS RELEASE: Launch Event for the Protection of Property and Mining Rights Research set for tomorrow. For immediate release Harare,28/06/2022-The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) will tomorrow, the 29th of June 2022 launch a study on Protection of Property and Mining Rights in Zimbabwe. The study critically analyses the property …

World Environment Day 5 June 2022 A reflection by ZELA to mark the World Environment Day The 2022 World Environment Day campaign #OnlyOneEarth calls for collective, transformative action on a global scale to celebrate, protect and restore our planet. The commemoration of the World Environment Day is of great significance for …

Date of Issue: 05 June 2022 Today we commemorate the World Environment Day 2022 whose theme, ‘Only One Earth’, focuses on living sustainably in harmony with nature. The year 2022 is quite significant as it marks 50 years since the 1972 Stockholm Conference that led to the formation of the United Nations Environment …

April 2022 Policy and legislative gaps in the gemstone sector have resulted in the flourishing of Illicit Financial Flows that are proving to be highly costly to the country, a recent report has established. The report titled Scope and Nature of Illicit Flows in Zimbabwe’s Gemstone Sector by the Zimbabwe …

27 May 2022 The African Elephant Conference was held in the Hwange National Park from the 23rd to the 26th of May 2022 at the Hwange Safari Lodge. The Conference was hosted under the theme a “New and Better Deal for Elephant Conservation, Tourism, Rural Communities in Key African Range …

22 May 2022 The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) will tomorrow join national, regional, and international wildlife conservation stakeholders at the African Elephant Summit to be hosted in the iconic Hwange National Park from the 23rd to the 26th of May 2022. The summit to be graced by Ambassadors from China and …

20 May 2022 The year 2022 is critical for Zimbabwe’s diamond governance discourse as the country is being reviewed under the Kimberley Process (KP) Certification Scheme (KPCS). The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) was created in 2003 to curb the trade of diamonds by rebel and dissident government groups using …

Theme: A Just energy transition for sustainable mining Communities in an era of the climate crisis Preamble: We, the more than 4000 physical and 200 virtual delegates, from various formations that include faith-based organisations, mining-affected communities, civil society organisations, traditional leaders, political leaders, academia, trade and labour unions, government, and …

13 May 2022 By Tatenda Mapoodze Zimbabwe is determined to achieve an empowered and prosperous upper Middle-income society by 2030 through establishing transformative inclusive development agendas. The country has moved to a mineral resource-dependent economy and the hope remains that the extractive industry will catapult the country’s economy and hugely …