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Category: Environment
Should trophy hunting be banned?
Animal rights activists have called for a ban on trophy hunting and imposition of embargoes on trophy trade. This has become a subject of debate between some conservationists and animal rights activists. Others have even described trophy hunting as blessing in disguise, and some have seen it as an evil practice, “how can killing of an animal help the survival of its species?”
Trash-To-Cash: Waste Recycling A Solution To Poverty for Makokoba Residents
Waste recycling has not only kept the city environmentally sound, but has also enabled unemployed women to fend for their families and put food on the table as it has provided a source of income for them. It has dawned on women as a great opportunity for them to empower themselves, and through reusable waste collection and selling, they manage to scrape a living.
Wetlands Are Kidneys Of The Landscape
The wetlands essentially act as the kidneys of the landscape. They filter the water flowing into it by trapping suspended particles, absorbing carbon dioxide and nitrogen and releasing clean water to a landscape without any chemical used.
‘Wetlands Action is Climate Action’
An environment devoid of wetlands is devoid of life. Imagine a forest without a pan for animals, aquatic organisms succumbing to the effects of the presence of a water hyacinth in Lake Chivero; and a water source for humans that is heavily polluted, that can be perilous. Both humanity and biodiversity survive on water, and wetlands are the natural repositories of water.
Community Project Underway For Human-Lion Conflict Management
This year the Savé Valley Conservancy teamed up with Lion Recovery Fund (LRF) to produce a participatory human-lion conflict management plan for Conservancy and the communities surrounding it.
Gonarezhou Hosts North Luangwa Officials . . . Matimu, Chisa, Reintroduced Rhinos Spotted
Gonarezhou National Park last week hosted visitors from the North Luangwa National Park, Zambia as part of an exchange programme between the Southern African national parks. The programme aims to broaden and raise awareness, understand biodiversity and cultural diversity, and increase cultural capital.
Top eight edible insects in Zimbabwe
Few months into the rainy season is a period characterised by massive urban to rural peregrination. Urban folks, especially women throng communal mopane forests to harvest edible insects, particularly mopane worms.
Resilience Through Diversification, Climate Change Changes Rural Lifestyles
The post-harvesting season used to be a time to rest, after the grueling cropping season. It used to be normal to see children playing soccer, and grassroots football kept entertaining them till the beginning of the next planting season.
Pressure groups, individuals in digital environmental advocacy
Five of the world’s plant species are at risk of extinction as a result of the destruction of the natural world.