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Forestry Commission Says Zimbabwe Loses 330,000 Hectares Of Land, Annually, Through Deforestation

Posted on July 12, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Bulawayo Cowdray Park Resident Recognised As National Tree Planting Ambassador THE Government has appointed a Cowdray Park resident as the national tree planting ambassador in recognition of his role in fighting deforestation through planting indigenous trees. In a letter dated June 27, the Minister of Environment, Water and Climate Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri tasked Mr Never Bonde to lead an initiative to plant trees in schools, churches among other places. “It is my pleasure to appoint you…

Lawless Zimbabwe Sees, Five More Elephants & 1 Duiker Killed With Cyanide Poison In Matabeleland North

Posted on May 30, 2016May 30, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Five elephants were killed last week by poachers using cyanide in Matabeleland North, Forestry Commission information and communications manager Ms Violet Makoto has said. In a statement, Ms Makoto said Forestry Commission guards who were on patrol discovered the cyanide which was planted on salt licks. “A total of five elephants have been killed this week. “Forest Protection Unit guards who were patrolling the Amandundumela area of Gwaai Forest on Wednesday afternoon discovered cyanide planted…

ZIMBABWE’S ELECTRICITY POWER CUTS, FUEL ILLEGAL LOGGING AND DEFORESTATION

Posted on November 6, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

IN the dead of night, trucks loaded with illegally logged wood weave their way past police roadblocks to a capital city shrouded in darkness. In Mbare, a suburb that also serves as the heartland of informal trading in Harare, firewood dealers like Kudakwashe Shumba wait to buy their share of the logs before disappearing to pass them on to any number of the 5 million power-starved urban Zimbabweans. “We get the firewood from big syndicates,…