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Abbreviations and acronyms<br />

CBNRM Community Based Natural Resources<br />

Management<br />

WINDFALL Wildlife Industries New Development For All<br />

DNPWLM Department <strong>of</strong> National Parks and Wild Life<br />

Management<br />

CAMPFIRE Communal Areas Management Programme For<br />

Indigenous Resources<br />

CASS Centre for Applied Social Science<br />

NGO Non Governmental Organisation<br />

IIED International <strong>Institute</strong> for Environment and<br />

development<br />

RDC Rural District Council<br />

CA Campfire Association<br />

WWF World Wide Fund for nature<br />

GDP Gross Domestic Product<br />

CITES Convention on International Trade for<br />

Endangered species <strong>of</strong> flora and fauna<br />

LIFE Living In a Finite Environment<br />

Introduction<br />

Zimbabwe is endowed with a wide range <strong>of</strong> natural resources<br />

which <strong>are</strong> spread across the different agro-ecological regions <strong>of</strong><br />

the country. These include mineral resources, large water bodies,<br />

wildlife and forestry resources. These resources <strong>are</strong> owned by the<br />

state and governed under relevant legislations such as the Parks<br />

and Wildlife Management Act <strong>of</strong> 1975 and the Environmental<br />

Management Act <strong>of</strong> 2002. Under the Parks and wildlife Act land<br />

owners <strong>are</strong> granted user rights for the wildlife in their properties.<br />

In communal <strong>are</strong>as local authorities were granted the<br />

“appropriate authority” status which enabled them to be<br />

custodians <strong>of</strong> all wildlife obtaining in their <strong>are</strong>as <strong>of</strong> jurisdiction.<br />

Local authorities therefore have wildlife user rights on behalf <strong>of</strong><br />

the communal farmers in their <strong>are</strong>a. In both the private and<br />

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