March 2022

2 Minutes

NEWS

Africa witnessing decline in butterfly population

March 26, 2022 0 Comment

ECC Champion Biodiversity loss is one of the most pressing issues facing the planet. Insects are a vital component of biodiversity because they comprise over half of the world’s terrestrial species, excluding eubacteria, archaea,...

3 Minutes

Business

German company seeks to salvage doomed Lake Mutirikwi solar project

March 26, 2022 0 Comment

…blames Zinwa for failing to specify leasing costs Moses Ziyambi A German company which expressed interest to develop a floating solar system over Lake Mutirikwi is frantically trying to salvage the deal which it...

3 Minutes

Business

The environmental cost of Zimbabwe’s US$12 billion mining roadmap

March 25, 2022 0 Comment

ECC Champion Zimbabwe’s appetite for development is currently manifesting in some big mining projects that are being implemented in the quest for an upper middle income economy by 2030, but all that progress largely...

2 Minutes

The law Top Story

Deforestation: Zim police steps up efforts to conserve forests

March 25, 2022 0 Comment

ECC Champion The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has intensified efforts to nip deforestation to fight deforestation by clamping down on unlicensed charcoal dealers that have become an increasingly serious threat to the country’s forests....

4 Minutes

Business Politics

‘Mobile network towers driving hyenas from the mountains’

March 24, 2022 0 Comment

…Mandiwanzira’s doomed infrastructure sharing idea a lost conservation opportunity Moses Ziyambi When the then Minister of Information and Communication Technology and Courier Services, Supa Mandiwanzira pushed his idea of ‘infrastructure sharing’ to the country’s...

2 Minutes

NEWS

As climate change worsens, sustainable utilization of ground water becomes critical

March 22, 2022 0 Comment

ECC Champion The World Water Day commemorations have brought to the fore the importance of sustainable utilization of underground water with environmentalists in Zimbabwe calling on authorities to guard against over exploitation of underground...

2 Minutes

Top Story

Operationalization target for new landfill missed

March 22, 2022 0 Comment

The new landfill will replace this dumpsite...

2 Minutes

Business The law

‘Firewood permits will not come back any time soon’

March 22, 2022 0 Comment

ECC Champion With the country joining the rest of the world in celebrating the International Day of Forests yesterday, the Forestry Commission of Zimbabwe has said it will keep its waiver on the issuance...

2 Minutes

Politics

Conservation farming needs government buy in

March 22, 2022 0 Comment

ECC Champion Zimbabwe recorded poor yields over the years due to erratic rainfall patterns but some failures are attributable to poor farming methods which analysts say can only change or be improved if there...

3 Minutes

Top Story

Unpacking Chiredzi Town Council’s environmental action plan

March 20, 2022 0 Comment

Macdonald Mudzaki The Chiredzi Town Council launched its environmental action plan document last week in the wake of a plethora of environmental issues among them wetlands destruction, deforestation and sand poaching, illegal waste dumping and...