The Baobab: Zimbabwe’s Tree of Life
Scientific name: Adansonia digitata Shona: Muwuyu, Muuyu Ndebele: Umkhomo The baobab has been woven into the history, culture and ecology of Zimbabwe…
Fungi of Zimbabwe: The Hidden Engineers
When most people think of fungi, they think of mushrooms. Many mushrooms are encountered regularly during the rainy season. Some are…
Bush Fires: Part 4 – Fire as a Bush Management Tool
This is the last of four articles on bush or veld fires, their impact on the environment and their use as…
Bush Fires: Part 3 – Management of Fire in Conservation Areas
This is the third of four articles on bush or veld fires, their impact on the environment and their use as…
Bush Fires: Part 2 – Feedback Loops that Shape Grasslands
This is the second of four articles on fire, its' impact on the environment and its' use as an environmental management…
Bush Fires: Part 1 – Effects and Management
This is the first of four articles on fire, its' impact on the environment and its' use as an environmental management…
Raphia Palms and Raphia Palm Botanical Reserves
Raphia (or Raffia) palm (Raphia farinifera) Raphia palms belong to a genus of about twenty species of palms native to tropical regions of Africa, and especially Madagascar.…
No Wetlands, No Water: the Road to Ramsar COP15. Why should it concern me?
.............................................................................. The following is a PowerPoint presentation by Julia Pierini, C.E.O. of BirdLife Zimbabwe to the Z.P.G.A. on Friday 16th May,…
Invasive Aquatic Species
Zimbabwe is experiencing a disturbing rise in the extent of several invasive aquatic species, taking over the surfaces of rivers and…
Common Medicinal Plants of the Zimbabwean Bushveld
INTRODUCTION What follows is the collection of PowerPoint slides that illustrated Gus Le Breton's talk to the ZPGA on the 11th…
