Wildlife authorities in Zimbabwe say they have launched an investigation after the carcass of a male elephant was discovered in Hwange National Park with one tusk missing, raising fresh concerns over ongoing poaching threats in the country’s largest game reserve. The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) confirmed the incident in a statement, noting…
Zimbabwe has launched a review of its national elephant conservation strategy amid growing concerns over increased human-elephant conflict, underfunding, and the sustainability of current wildlife management practices. The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks), supported by the US-based partners Conservation Force and Dallas Safari Club, hosted a workshop recently in Hwange to mark the…
BirdLife Zimbabwe is ramping up efforts to stem the rapid degradation of the country’s vital wetlands, threatened by urban sprawl, unsustainable development, as the nation prepares to host a major global conservation summit. The conservation organisation is leading the push with government, communities, local authorities, and schools to raise awareness and implement practical solutions aimed…
Beneath the iconic shade of “Dodger Doom,” a gathering spot sacred to Zimbabwe’s hip-hop community, over 60 young people gathered to share their experiences of climate change. They spoke of failed harvests, water shortages, plastic pollution and floods that have uprooted communities. But they also spoke of hope, hope rooted in traditional knowledge, cultural heritage,…
The involvement of local communities in local and international conservation talks is essential, as decisions made at global forums often have a direct impact on the lives of people living near protected areas. This emerged during a high-level stakeholder engagement convened in Harare recently, ahead of the 20th Conference of the Parties (CoP20) to the…
The pangolin moves slowly across the dry earth, covered in scales that glint faintly in the fading light, and for a moment, it seems like something out of a dream, yet deeply familiar to those who have grown up in rural areas listening to stories whispered by elders around evening fires. In Zimbabwe, seeing a…
When we think of the most direct threats to endangered species, our minds often leap to the big hitters like climate change and habitat destruction. But a small, looped piece of wire is now considered just as deadly, or even more so by many working in conservation. In Victoria falls a young pachyderm is still…
Global warming, and its effect on climate, is one the most pressing issues facing the world today. Despite much already having been written on the urgency with which we must reduce greenhouse gas emissions, pull carbon out of the air, and redesign our social-environmental systems towards new ways of doing business, most decision makers, from…
Sweden has mastered the art of waste management so efficiently that it ran out of garbage, and now imports waste from other countries to keep its recycling plants running. The Scandinavian country’s recycling system is so sophisticated that only less than 1 percent of its household waste was sent to landfill last year. The country…
A cold front sweeping in from South Africa has brought freezing temperatures and frost to parts of southern Zimbabwe, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has forecast. MSD head of forecasting, James Ngoma, stated that cold air moving in from the south began impacting Zimbabwe on Tuesday, leading to ground frost in southwestern regions such as…
