2022 Annual Report
Drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in Zimbabwe
Executive Summary Zimbabwe is Party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) since 1992 which aim to stabilize greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. The Kyoto Protocol of 2007 gave birth to the Reduced emissions from deforestation and […]
The Zambezi Valley Biodiversity Project (ZVBP)
The Forestry Commission Mapping and inventory unit developed a land cover map for the project area. The map was developed from Sentinel 2 satellite imagery for 2017.The processing was carried out using Google Earth Engine platform. Geospatial toolFor easy data sharing , a Google earth engine was developed that allows the user to view the […]
Forest Information System
Overview of Forest Resources in Zimbabwe In Zimbabwe, forest resources are under constant pressure and are called upon to produce useful forest products, environmental services, wildlife habitat, recreation, and opportunities for livelihoods. Many of these demands conflict with one another – for example, the need to convert forested land to agricultural production in Zimbabwe due […]
Mapping and Inventory
The unit is responsible for monitoring the Nation’s Forest resources and compiling the information to be used for management , planning and decision making. The unit produced the 1992 and 2017 land cover maps, and it is currently finalising the 2020 land cover map. The unit conduct satellite data analysis, namely land sat and sentinel […]
Institutional arrangements and collective action: evidence from forest management in Zimbabwe
Introduction Forests provide environmental goods and services, food security, income and jobs through the sale of timber and non-timber forest products (Berrahmouni et al. 2015). However, management of forest resources is associated with complex dynamics related to social, economic and political considerations (Bugembe 2016). The deepening poverty and food insecurity levels increase the dependence of […]
NGAMO-SIKUMI REDD+ PILOT PROJECT
OVERVIEW The Government of Zimbabwe carried out the Hwange Sanyati Biodiversity Corridor (HSBC) Project with the assistance of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) through the World Bank over a five-year period, which started in January 2015. The project covers an area of 5.7 million ha in the northwestern part of the country. Its overall objective […]
Hwange Sanyati Biological Corridor Project: Wood Drying Kiln Activity ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (ESMP)
Executive Summary Forestry Commission (FC) is currently implementing one of the Hwange Sanyati Biological Corridor Project (HSBCP) components dedicated to improving forestry and land management. HSBCP seeks to support the ecological health of the biological corridor through a series of interventions to strengthen the land use and resource management capacity of managers and communities.
2019 Annual Report
Preserving trees is saving our own lives
TREES are life but whose life you may ask? Yours of course and that of the earth’s. For this cause we will never stress enough the need for you to plant a tree and not to cut one. If you do, replace that one by planting 10 more trees. And, do not just plant, but […]
