EMA

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.
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The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) is seeking a High Court order to stop Norton Town Council from releasing raw sewage into Manyame Dam which provides potable water to Harare and surrounding towns.
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Tour operators in Chimanimani have engaged lawyers to force Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority to release a report on investigations into illegal gold mining activities in Chimanimani Mountains.
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The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) says it has started monitoring stocks of polystyrene material (kaylites) on manufacturers and distributors to ensure that the ban on the product is adhered to.
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Zimbabwe's High Court on Tuesday ordered a state diamond company to stop all mining activities because it had not received a permit from the environmental agency allowing it to operate.
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By Helen Kadirire The Borrowdale flooding case has taken a new twist, with the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) saying the privately-owned dam that led to the disaster after it spilled was illegally constructed. This…
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By Helen Kadirire Homes that were ravaged by floods in the affluent Borrowdale suburb last week were actually built on a waterway, the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has said. The agency’s publicity manager, Steady Kangata,…
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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 millions of dollars in securing expensive water treatment chemicals, residents and…
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By Farayi Machamire The army has been roped in to the fire-fighting operations at the Pomona dumpsite in Harare, as domestic and industrial waste continues to burn. Apart from the army, emergency response teams from the Fire and…
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Human life, animals and underground water are at the mercy of extinction and pollution by waste matter discharged by Green Fuel’s ethanol production in Chisumbanje, with some people in the area reportedly now partially blind, while others…
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