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Nov 2021
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 rural and urban communities on forest resources (Pritchard et al. 2020). Download the Institutional arrangements and collective action evidence from forest management in Zimbabwe...
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Nov 2021
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS- FC/CONCE01/21 Forestry Commission invites proposals from bidders who are reputable, experienced and with verifiable track record registered with the Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe and National Social Security Authority Forestry Commission is requesting for proposals and profiles from interested parties for consideration in an opportunity to run a (1) Timber concession of approximately 3600m3 at Mzolo forest in Binga District. Closing date: 3 December 2021 at: 1000hrs Interested bidders may submit their proposals including Company profiles showing proof of their eligibility. Further information and bid documents can be obtained......
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Nov 2021
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR COMMERCIAL LEASE TENDER NUMBER: FC/LEASE02/2021 Tender to Lease and develop Kazuma hunting and forest camp and utilisation of the hunting quota located in the Matabeleland North Province Open for proposals CLOSING DATE: 10 December 2021 CLOSES AT: 1000HRS ZIMBABWE TIME Submission Address: The General Manager, Forestry Commission-Procurement Management Unit, at Forestry Commission Building, 71 Fife Street, Bulawayo COST OF TENDER DOCUMENT: NON REFUNDABLE FEE OF ZW$2000.00 SUBMIT THREE COPIES OF TENDER DOCUMENTS Website:www.forestry.co.zw...
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Nov 2021
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FC/CONCE02/21 Forestry Commission invites bids from contractors who are reputable, experienced and with verifiable track record registered with the Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe and National Social Security Authority. The request for proposals is for : Harvesting of approximately 3800m3 indigenous hardwood timber along the Gwayi-Shangani pipeline as it passes through the gazetted forests; Sikumi, Ngamo, Gwaai, Franklands, Umzibane, Batley, Grants and Umgusa Closing date: 19 November 2021 at: 1000hrs Interested bidders are invited to submit a comprehensive proposal for the above. The pipeline distance is divided into 2;......
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Mar 2020
I) 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 is “to develop land use and resource management capacity of managers and communities in the Hwange Sanyati Biological Corridor of Zimbabwe” and has the following components: Improving the management of protected areas and their buffer zones;......
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Dec 2019
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. Download the full PDF (ESMP FOR WOOD DRYING KILN WB EDITS 2 DEC CLEANED VERSION FF) document here....
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Sep 2018
Names: English jackal-berry, swamp ebony, and African ebony Botanical: Diospyros mespiliformis. Shona: Musuma, Mushuma. Ndebele: Umdlauzo/Umsuma Other languages: Ntoma/Mgula(shangaan), mushumha (ndau), musuma (Venda), DESCRIPTION The generic name Diospyros means ‘divine pear’, and the specific name mespiliformis is derived from two words,‘mesos’ meaning half, and ‘pilos’, which is bullets. Belongs to a family Ebenaceae....
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Jan 2017
Hwange Sanyati Biological Corridor Project Introduction The Hwange Sanyati Biodiversity Corridor (HSBC) project covers an area of 5.7 million ha in north western Zimbabwe and falls within the Kavango-Zambezi (KAZA) Trans-frontier Conservation Area (TFCA). It is a $6.4 million project being funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) over 5 years. World Bank is the implementing agency for the project, WWF is the activities implementing entity and the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Management is the coordinating authority. Key project partners are: Parks and Wildlife Management Authority; CAMPFIRE Association; Environmental Management......
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Dec 2016
Gweru, Zimbabwe. The Forestry Commission in Gweru has commended ZDDT for its Community Restoration efforts, saying it has cultivated the culture of total community ownership of developmental projects by residents, a principle that has seen meaning development taking place in the “City of Progress” Forestry Commission Midlands Provincial Manager, Mr Poto, said the Trust is imparting fundamental knowledge to the people in curbing deforestation and consequential desertification....
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Feb 2016
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 plant and water and see the tree through to maturity....
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