{"id":19882,"date":"2020-02-23T23:02:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T21:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=19882"},"modified":"2020-02-23T23:02:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T21:02:19","slug":"climate-change-takes-toll-on-zimbabwes-natural-habitat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/climate-change-takes-toll-on-zimbabwes-natural-habitat","title":{"rendered":"Climate change takes toll on Zimbabwe\u2019s natural habitat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As global temperatures continue to rise and the world seeks solutions to stem the tide, the deputy UN chief visited Hwange National Park, which, at 14,651square kilometres, is almost half the size of Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have seen what climate change is doing to our environment and livelihoods\u201d, she said. \u201cWe saw how the park is hounded by climate change; the way in which Hwange is hot, the water, and even animal migration and people\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A privilege to visit <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Zimbabwe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Zimbabwe<\/a>\u2019s largest national park\u2014its rich population of mammals &amp; bird species are however being challenged by climate change. The Hwange team is taking action, including the introduction of solar pumped watering holes to counter climate-induced drought! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5UVg3n4TRe\">pic.twitter.com\/5UVg3n4TRe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Amina J Mohammed (@AminaJMohammed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AminaJMohammed\/status\/1231299454403260416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With unreliable weather patterns resulting in less rainfall, Hillary Madhiri of the national parks and wildlife office said that more than 400 bird and 150 mammal species \u2013 45,000 of them elephants \u2013 are suffering.<\/p>\n<p>Key issues include conflict between humans and wildlife, lack of water, loss of habitat, limited resources, population management and community partnerships to preserve the park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s quiet complex,&#8221; the deputy UN chief observed.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Madhiri maintained that of all the problems &#8220;climate change is our biggest challenge&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He said that in spite of the park\u2019s use of green technologies and sinking over 100 boreholes to save the animals from literally dying of thirst in the dry season, more still needs to be done.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Mohammed commended the park&#8217;s efforts to buffer nature against climate change.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dnd-widget-wrapper context-un_news_default type-twitter atom-align-right\">\n<div class=\"dnd-atom-rendered\">\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AminaJMohammed\/status\/1231299454403260416\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded\" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AminaJMohammed\/status\/1231299454403260416\" data-tweet-id=\"1231299454403260416\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\"><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As global temperatures continue to rise and the world seeks solutions to stem the tide, the deputy UN chief visited Hwange National Park, which, at 14,651square kilometres, is almost half the size of Belgium. &#8220;We have seen what climate change is doing to our environment and livelihoods\u201d, she said. \u201cWe saw how the park is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":19885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[546,348],"class_list":{"0":"post-19882","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-hwange","10":"tag-un"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - 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