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Report on community based approach to natural resource governance
Centre for Research and Development
March 05, 2012

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Executive Summary

Seeing that communities living near extractive industries in Zimbabwe rank among the poorest in the country and realizing that majority of civil society organisations mainly work to promote civil and political rights and have less activities that promote 2nd and 3rd generation rights, Center for Research and Development (CRD) launched the Natural Resource Governance Network in February 2011 to raise awareness on the challenges being faced by communities in resource rich areas in Zimbabwe and to build a strong coalition of civil society organisations advocating for community participation in natural resource governance as well as to promote transparency and accountability in the extractive sector. Launched under the name Natural Resource Dialogue Forum, the network has grown to include community based organisations affected by extractive industries and academic institutions with an interest in natural resource governance and environmental protection. The Center for Research and Development is one of the leading organisations calling for transparency, accountability and respect for human rights in the extractive sector.

This workshop was convened in order to highlight the multiplicity of challenges being faced by communities living near extractive industries, and to find alternative solutions to these challenges. Further, the workshop sought to unbundle the legislative and policy inconsistencies that prohibits Zimbabweans from maximizing benefits from natural resource extraction. Participants were drawn from members of the Natural Resource Governance Network which include Community-Based Organisations living in areas affected by gold and diamond mining in Manicaland Province and civil society organisations, government representatives from the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA), Environmental Management Agency (EMA) and academic institutions in Manicaland Province. The theme of the workshop was: Management of Natural Resources: A Community-based Approach. This report describes the objectives of the Workshop, background activities to the Workshop, proceedings at the Workshop and the conclusions that were reached.

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