Zimbabwe's environmental and biodiversity expert Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on the government to adopt a new policy, banning mining in the sport's reserves, after approval by two Chinese companies to explore for coal in the Hwange National Park. Are demanding.
The government has now said it is taking steps to
"immediately cancel all mining titles held in national parks" across
the country, but the government is not sincere until the campaigners sign the
law. Are buying
Zimbabwe's vast wildlife, unique flora, and spectacular landscapes
are a major tourist attraction that authorities are expecting when
international flights due to global epidemics are held’— hold beginning .The
currency of the currency of the flights next month. Revenue from tourism in
Zimbabwe helps fund wildlife conservation programs.
When the government approved special grants for coal exploration
to two Chinese coal mining companies in the vast Hwang National Park, it
emerged that more mining activities were taking place in other national parks.
This has angered Zimbabwe's conservationists and campaigners, who are now
urging the government to enact a new policy that calls for "immediate
action on mining in areas occupied by national parks." "As agreed by
the Mnangagwa cabinet in September. 8.
Advocacy groups such as the Center for Natural Resource Governance
Zimbabwe are highlighting the fact that mining activities in national parks go
beyond Hwange. CNRG said this week that special grants (for mining) have also
been released’ for "coal mining" at the Chesapeake National Park and
at the Umfurudze "Game Park" as Zimbabwe's coal mining projects are
being shelved. Is trying to accelerate the thermal production of electric coal
for road construction. Power deficit
The Zimbabwean government appears to have succumbed to pressure
from lobby groups, and now other experts are calling on the Mnangagwa
administration. It has criticized the Chinese for initiating volatile investments
to legitimize and legalize a new policy banning mining in safari parks. So far,
he says, the new policy position has been a declaration rather than a legally
binding policy, and there are fears that mining activity in the country's
national parks could continue until later.
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