The Pink Hat Initiative: Women in Renewable Energy
The Green Energy Revolution has seen the growth and expansion of the renewable energy sector across the world. Countries are accelerating actions to reduce emissions from the energy sector whilst increasing accessibility to clean affordable energy and creating employment for citizens. Renewable energy is a...
Women and Climate Change
The impacts of climate change on humanity are becoming more and more evident with the increase in the frequency, occurrence and distribution of climate related catastrophic events. Sadly, these impacts have not been equally distributed across populations in the world as some are more vulnerable...
BIOGAS – TURNING WASTE INTO A RESOURCE
Biogas technology has found important applications around the world since its discovery in the 17th Century. Over the years, the applications have evolved from domestic uses to more advanced grid tied electricity generation applications as well as fuel for motor vehicles. Biogas is a combustible...
Commercial Timber logging threatens biodiversity
Natural forests have been an integral part of humanity since time immemorial because of the numerous ecosystem services they offered for the existence of humankind. Its major interest is the providing of raw material in the manufacturing industry. Timber harvesting has always been practiced on...
Overfishing – A threat to a billion dollar Industry
United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) number 12 promotes Sustainable Consumption and Production patterns. This is after realizing that one of the major drivers of biodiversity loss and extinction of species is unsustainable harvesting of natural resources. Aquatic species are among the most overharvested natural...
A Green Economy: Rebuilding Post COVID – 19 Pandemic
The year 2020 marked the beginning of a new decade dubbed the “Decade of Action” as countries accelerated actions towards the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. However, the COVID-19 Pandemic has been a major setback to the strides made towards the attainment...
SPECIAL FEATURE: BIRDS OF ALL KIND
The coexistence of humans and nature is said to occur if humans learn to live in harmony with nature but what does living in harmony with nature mean? Are humans able to live in harmony with nature? The plethora of challenges being faced by the...
HUMAN WILDLIFE CONFLICT ESCALATES – AS INTEGRATED CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TAKE SHAPE
Zimbabwe is endowed with abundant natural resources including wildlife resources of all kinds. It is famously known to be a wildlife destination for the Big Five (Elephant, Buffalo, Leopard, Rhino and Lion). Wildlife plays an important role in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the...
