Category: Wildlife & Conservancies

Africa set to benefit from US$20m IUCN-Germany conservation facility   Fencing will also solve human-wildlife conflicts at the ecosystem interface The Herald 8/9/2021 Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor Local communities in and around protected and conserved areas in Africa are set to benefit from a US$20 million facility to boost their recovery from …

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Self-help projects: A way to curb human and wildlife conflict The Chronicle 7/9/2021 The Chronicle Mahlabezulu Zulu MOST communities sharing borders with national parks have been targeted to run self-help projects by some wildlife conservation organisations. This is for communal members, especially the unemployed to earn a living instead of exerting pressure on the natural …

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All-female vegan rangers leading anti-poaching  0  August 31, 2021 11:20 AM Source: All-female vegan rangers leading anti-poaching | Newsday (News) HURUNGWE — The impact of the pandemic has increased wildlife poaching around Zimbabwe’s national parks, as people who lost their jobs hunt the animals for food. To help protect the animals, anti-poaching organisations have been formed, including a …

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Partnership forestalls Hwange poaching The Chronicle 28/8/2021 Leonard Ncube at Hwange National Park THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks)  has recorded no cases of poaching of elephants at Hwange National Park since last year, thanks to improved conservation efforts as a result of partnership with other organisations. In 2013, more than 120 elephants …

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Saving the endangered…Female rangers, AK47 rifles in rhino conservation drive The Chronicle 28/8/2021 Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter WITH AK47 assault rifles on their shoulders, Ms Siqedumusa Ngwenya (36) and Ms Catherine Kandemiiri (30) trudge through the bush and the rocky outcrops in the Matopos National Park. Their mission is to ensure the safety of the …

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Africa’s park tourism crash is a wake-up call – NewsDay Zimbabwe By Newsday 25/8/2021 THAT African governments have failed to mobilise funds to conserve their vast protected areas is not in doubt. Countries were just about managing to pay basic salaries to rangers who barely had enough to put fuel in their patrol vehicles. COVID-19 …

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Mavuradonha turf war rages on By The Zimbabwe Independent  – August 20, 2021 By Staff  Writer A MAJOR turf war has erupted between more than 50 miners and the Muzarabani Rural District Council (MRDC) over access to rich chrome mining claims inside the Mavuradonha Wilderness. The miners, who include locals and foreign investors, accuse the …

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Zim protecting its lion population sustainably The Sunday Mail 22/8/2021 Tinashe Farawo ZIMBABWE is one of the few lion-populated countries in the world with a robust and contemporary African Lion Management Plan. This has resulted in its lion population being listed on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild …

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Interview: COVID-19 hampering Zimbabwe’s elephants conservation efforts  0  August 14, 2021 2:25 PM Source: Interview: COVID-19 hampering Zimbabwe’s elephants conservation efforts – Xinhua | English.news.cn HARARE (Xinhua) — The COVID-19 pandemic has affected Zimbabwe’s primary source of funding for the conservation of elephants and other wildlife, resulting in a surge in incidents of human-wildlife conflict. Incidents involving elephants …

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‘Zim not exporting elephants’ Herald 4/8/2021 Mukudzei Chingwere Herald Reporter Zimbabwe is not exporting live elephants and has no plans to do so, the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has stressed, dismissing the fake news allegations by some non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as baseless and needless speculation. The sharp denial by ZimParks comes in …

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