Traditional leaders urged to champion natural resources by-laws

TRADITIONAL leaders should help formulate by-laws to protect natural resources in their areas and educate their subjects on the dangers of random harvests, which destroy the environment, Beitbridge district administrator Kilibone Ndou said yesterday.

Ndou was speaking on the role of the Local Government, Public Construction and National Housing ministry at a one-day workshop dubbed Mopane Worms Indaba hosted by Bio Hub Trust focussing on the exploitation of mopane worms, known as amacimbi.

She asked chiefs and headmen to be at the forefront of informing villagers of their rights and benefits of protecting the environment, including amacimbi harvests.

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