Zimbabwe gender assessment
The aim of this report is to gather evidence that will identify priorities and actions by stakeholders towards positively influencing, up scaling and accelerating gender equality and women’s empowerment
Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe: 'Engage in Climate-Smart Agric'
Environment, Water and Climate Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has called for change in agricultural practices from conventional systems to climate-smart agriculture (CSA) which builds resilience and
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African elephant population tumbles but some countries want to lift the ivory ban
Johannesburg: The number of elephants in Africa has dropped by 111,000 in 10 years to just 415,000 today. The 20 per cent drop between 2006 and 2015 is because of a surge in ivory poaching, the International
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African elephant numbers plummet during 'worst decline in 25 years’
African elephant population has contracted by around 111,000 in the past decade as a result of poaching, study finds The number of African elephants dropped by about 111,000 in the past decade as a result
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Zimbabwe: Zim Looks to UN Fund to Tackle Climate Change $80 Million Project At Advanced Stage
ZIMBABWE has begun the search for projects that could qualify for funding under the Green Climate Fund (GCF), hoping that increased funding will help the country tackle climate-changing emissions, and
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Zimbabwe: Govt Summons Harare City Council Over Polluted Water
THE government has summoned Harare City Council to explain why the local authority is distributing contaminated water to residents, a senior civil servant has confirmed. Harare has long denied pumping
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A Legal Trade in Ivory Would Wipe Out Elephants, Study Finds
Legalizing the ivory trade could more quickly make elephants extinct, a study released September 15 suggests. It finds that the demand for ivory is far greater than the amount of ivory that can be harvested
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Legal rhino horn and ivory trade should benefit Africa, says Swaziland government
As talks about a complete ban on both the international and domestic markets heat up, the Swaziland government accuses western NGOs of being ‘armchair preservationists’ Black rhinos, one of the world’s
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Zimbabwe is dehorning its rhinos to curb poaching
In 2015, at least 50 rhinos were killed in Zimbabwe by poachers. Zimbabwe has been using dehorning as a policy to protect its rhinos against poaching since the 1990s. Dehorning, used in conjunction with
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Obama makes climate change personal with call for action in home state Hawaii
US president delivers two major speeches on climate change, on in Nevada, pleading with politicians to act in the interest of future generations Barack Obama has issued perhaps his most personal plea
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Saving Africa's elephants: 'Can you imagine them no longer existing?'
In the Samburu National Reserve in northern Kenya, when the fierce heat of the sun has softened into a gentle evening glow, David Daballen and I climb into a jeep to find some elephants. As we drive