Lack of funding cripples ZimParks compensation efforts

THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Authority (ZimParks) has expressed concern over the absence of compensation for victims of human-wildlife conflict.

Zimbabwe has been witnessing an upsurge in incident of human-wildlife conflict, with poor communities suffering the most.

Addressing a Press briefing on the sidelines of a workshop on the state of human-wildlife conflict in Zimbabwe last Friday, ZimParks spokesperson Tinashe Farawo said there was a need for a provision in the Constitution for compensation of victims of human-wildlife conflict.

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