Zimbabwe: CNRG Marks Earth Day 2026 with a Call for Environmental Peacebuilding, Critical Mineral Justice and Youth Action

Apr 22, 2026
Centre for Natural Resource Governance
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Environmental degradation is rarely a natural phenomenon it is a political one. In Zimbabwe’s mining-affected communities from Hwange to Marange, from Penhalonga to Chimanimani, communities continue to bear the costs of extraction while receiving little of its benefits. Land is seized, rivers are poisoned, forests are razed, and ancestral burial sites are desecrated to feed global demand for minerals.