Environment

CHEGUTU - A top private school in Zimbabwe, Bryden Country School, has raised alarm over the construction of a lime and cement factory less than 500 metres from its premises in Chegutu, saying the development poses serious health and safety risks to its pupils and staff.

HARARE - The continued operation of Longcheng Plaza, a large shopping mall built on a wetland in Harare, stands as a prominent symbol of Zimbabwe's ongoing struggle to enforce its environmental protection laws, Nehanda Radio can report.

A devastating environmental disaster has unfolded at Lake Chivero Recreational Park, where four rhinos have succumbed to cyanobacteria contamination in the water sources.

MUTARE - Timber worth a staggering US$5 million and over 8 000 hectares of land have been gutted by veld fires in separate incidents throughout the Manicaland Province, a top environmental official has said.

Zimbabwe plans to send brain tissue samples from dead elephants to the United States to test for toxic micro-organisms blamed for hundreds of elephant deaths in neighbouring Botswana, the parks authority said.

A headman in Chiredzi slapped Prosper Manyengeni with a fine of two goats after starting a veld fire that blazed through 20 hectares of parched grasslands, decimating pastures and sparse native woodlands, as the so-called fire season hots up.

MARANGE, Zimbabwe, Jan 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Kuziwa Matongo's rainwater harvesting system may not look like much, but its impact is huge.

By Nyasha Chingono Thousands of homes built on wetlands face demolition. The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has, for some time, raised the red flag over the...

By Helen Kadirire A lack of political will to deal with the preservation of water and wetlands has resulted in Harare City Council (HCC) losing...

Government has received a major boost in efforts to curb poaching, with a South African company donating modern drones worth more than $150 000.