The Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate is a government ministry, responsible for water resources management, rural development, climate and environment in Zimbabwe. The incumbent Minister is Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu.[1] The Ministry oversees:
- Zimbabwe National Water Authority
- District Development Fund
- Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority
- Environmental Management Agency, formerly the Department of Natural Resources
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Zimbabwe National Water Authority
The Zimbabwe National Water Authority is a state-owned company, which was formed in 2000 guided by the terms of the ZINWA Act (Chapter 20:25). ZINWA falls under the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement.[2]
Mission
- To sustainably deliver quality water to all our communities whilst making strategic water infrastructure investments that facilitate human and economic development.
Vision
To provide universal, safe and affordable water security.
Environmental Management Agency
Environmental Management Agency (EMA) is a statutory body responsible for ensuring the sustainable utilization of natural resources and protection of the environmental degradation. It is a parastatal under the Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate. [3]
EMA was established under the Environmental Management Act (Chapter 20:27) of 2002. The Act was operationalized on 17 March 2003 through the statutory Instrument 103 of 2003.
EMA's Goals
A Clean safe and healthy environment, supporting an empowered society a sustainable growing economy by 2030
- to increase compliance with regulation and standards.
- to establish up-to-date baseline and databases for environmental information.
- to raise environmental awareness.[4]
- to increase organisational capacity and maintain accountability, transparency, and utilization of EMA resources.[5]
- to increase stakeholder participation in environmental enforcement, projects, and programs.
- to amend and develop a comprehensive body of legislation and formulate environmental quality standards.