EMA proposes punitive fines for wetlands abusers

WETLANDS, which are vanishing three times faster than forests, are a source of livelihood for more than one billion people around the world, the Environmental Management Agency has said.

Speaking at the belated World Wetlands Day commemorations held in Mutare recently under the theme Wetlands and Biodiversity EMA district development co-ordinator Chido Madzivire said wetlands contributed to climate change mitigation.

“Wetlands provide livelihoods for more than one billion people and help feed the world, lakes and rivers supply food and medicine” she said.

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