By Ndatenda Njanike
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has ordered property developers to stop housing developments on Monavale Wetlands.
Monavale Vlei is a protected area under the international Ramsar Convention, a treaty for conservation and sustainable use of wetlands to which the country has been a signatory since 2011.
EMA has however ordered property developers to stop the housing and all forms of developments on the site.
The development was revealed on Twitter by the Zimbabwe Lawyers For Human Rights (ZLHR) which has also been advocating the protection of the environmentally sensitive areas.
“EMA orders property developer to stop housing developments on Monavale wetland, a #Ramsar site&critical primary water source in Harare following protests by @Harare Wetlands&COSMO represented by @ZLHRLawyer,” read the tweet.