15 July 2022 Compiled by Mutuso Dhliwayo, Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association The Stockholm +50 international meeting was held from the 2nd -3rd of June 2022.[1] It was held under the theme “A healthy planet for the prosperity of all: Our responsibility, our prosperity”. The meeting was based on the three leadership dialogue themes namely reflecting on […]
28 June 2022 By Refias Sithole-Marange Development Trust (MDT) Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) has always done a lot of development initiatives in mining affected communities in a bid to transform the lives of local communities through promoting social, economic, and environmental activities that respect community rights. The recent Local Environmental Action Plan (LEAP) process […]
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 rights regime and the regulatory […]
22 June 2022 Story By Josphat Makaza and Natally Gombakomba Stakeholders who attended the just ended two-day training on Local Environmental Action Plans (LEAPs) in Marange have been encouraged to take up responsibilities in the development, implementation, and monitoring of the processes to ensure the environment is protected for the benefit of the present and […]
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 developing countries like Zimbabwe where […]
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 Programme. A key output from […]
23 May 2022 Compiled by Cosmas Sunguro Mining Communities are known to be resource rich and ordinarily there are expected to be economically developed. Of late, this has not been the case as stagnancy and sometimes this is due to political bickering when politicians jostle to benefit from mineral resources. Living in one’s community sometimes […]
20 May 2022 Compiled by Cosmas Sunguro-ZIDAWU Environmental Human Rights Defenders (EHRDs) in mining communities face a plethora of challenges in carrying out their work. These threats sometimes range from intimidation to loss of life. This was revealed during an Alternative Mining Indaba (AMI) side session on EHRDs in Capetown on 11th May 2022. This […]
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 Environmental Law Association (ZELA) established […]
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 States.” This watershed Conference was […]