By Takudzwa Tondoya Zimbabwe is playing host to the Fifteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Wetlands, underway in the iconic city of Victoria Falls. The summit, themed “Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future”, has drawn delegates from 172 countries
By Lovejoy Mutongwiza in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The world's wetlands, vital ecosystems that sustain life across the globe, are disappearing at an alarming rate, putting up to $39 trillion in global benefits at risk, according to a new report. The Global Wetland Outlook 2025 (GWO 2025),
By Edgar Gweshe Pollution of Monavale Vlei remains a threat to the integrity of the wetland which is an internationally recognised site under the Ramsar International Convention on the protection of wetlands which Zimbabwe signed in 2012. Moved by this threat, residents of Monavale have embarked on
By Edgar Gweshe The Zimbabwe Combined Residents and Ratepayers Association (ZICORRA) has written to the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) expressing its objection to developments taking place on a wetland area along Richwell Avenue, Meyrick Park in Mabelreign, Harare. ZICORRA claims that a small stream has
By Edgar Gweshe As calls grow louder for the protection of wetlands in Harare, stakeholders have called for enhanced civic education to raise awareness. Harare's headwater wetlands which serve as water sources for the city are under constant threat due to a number of factors including unplanned
By NECJ The Network for Environmental and Climate Justice has noted a growing trend of terror against environmental activists in Harare. This wave of terror is being unleashed by land barons boasting of political connections. These land barons continue to invade open spaces and Harare's wetlands sometimes with
By Edgar Gweshe The City of Harare is located on top of the watershed in the headwaters of its river systems and this implies that the city’s wetlands serve as water sources. The continued destruction of these wetlands continues to worsen the erratic water situation in the
Erratic rainfall patterns that have fast become synonymous with the Sub-Saharan climate are persuading urban farmers into wetland cultivation, this publication has learnt. The economic situation in the country has also exacerbated the situation as urbanites resort to producing food on their own to cushion themselves
The twisted steel of doors and window frames protruding from piles of rubble are all that remain of about 100 homes after the wrecking crew paid a visit to the area. The demolitions, which began at 9am on December 8, 2020 and were completed by 3pm,
As the war against illegal settlements in Harare rages on, close to 200 demolitions orders are set to be executed while cases of wetlands invasion will be treated as criminal cases. By Edgar Gweshe The Provincial Development Coordinator (PDC) for Harare, Tafadzwa Muguti said that although there
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