Govt wildlife policy change to benefit communities

BY PATRICIA SIBANDA
THE Environment ministry, in conjunction with the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority on Wednesday conducted a consultative meeting on how the wildlife policy can be reviewed to benefit both local authorities and surrounding communities.

The meeting, held in Bulawayo, was an effort to balance the core existence between communities, wildlife and the rural district councils.

Environment ministry national co-ordinator Prosper Matondi said reviewing the policy would be a game changer in the wildlife management, considering that a lot has changed in the past two and half decades, the last time the policy was reviewed.

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