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1) What did you choose to cover?

Please list the main link to the


park/reserve/organization.
Organization: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AGENCY (E.M.A)
Web address: www.ema.co.zw
I have decided to look into what the organization or agency has done to reduce the spread of veld
fires into protected areas like national game parks in Zimbabwe as well as their approach in
handling cases of cyanide poisoning in wildlife parks.

2) Where is it located?
The organization has its offices in every province in Zimbabwe with its headquarters in
Harare
3) What is its mission?
To regulate, monitor and promote sustainable management of natural resources
and protection of the environment with stakeholder participation.

4) What is one project related to biodiversity that they are doing? Please describe it
(Dont just copy and paste information form the site... please describe it in your own
words).
The agency has implemented a number of strategies in an effort to reduce veld fires which
include law enforcement, public awareness, continuous active surveillance on fire (Real time
monitoring-the organization houses the National Fire Monitoring Station which picks on all fires
countrywide., carrying out fireguard construction demonstration projects in the country, working
with traditional leaders and incorporating indigenous technical knowledge systems in fire
management. The organization has also been involved the hosting of school debates in schools
on fire issues and environment protection under the theme catch them young, holding radio
programmes and road shows as a way of spreading the message of the importance and
conservation of the environment.
EMA has also been involved in the detoxification of cyanide contaminated in the game reserves.
The cyanide was being used by poachers to poison the elephants and this resulted in several
deaths of elephants in the Hwange National Park. Samples of affected areas were taken for
laboratory analysis and animals were isolated from the contaminated areas. The agency also
intensified awareness with local communities and calling for stiffer penalties for handling of
hazardous substances in protected areas.
5) How are human actions related to the problems they are working on?
Poaching has been the main cause of cyanide poisoning as in elephants especially for ivory as it
was presumed as a silent and fast way to kill these species without being easily caught. Veld fires
were also caused by the starting of open fires for cultivation and negligence on the aspect of
smoking at bus stops.

6) In what ways could you participate in this project/reserve/organization you are


reviewing?
I could actively play a role in educating my community members on ways of conserving our
environment such as wetlands and also offer my assistance in the demarcation of areas preserved
as wetlands.
REFERENCES
1) EMA de-contaminates cyanide pool | The Chronicle. (n.d.). Retrieved February 17, 2016,
from http://www.chronicle.co.zw/ema-de-contaminates-cyanide-pool/
2) Veld-fires-a-threat-to-the-environment. Retrieved from http// http://www.ema.co.zw/
veld-fires-a-threat-to-the-environment.html

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