THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has rejected 184 construction projects that were due to be undertaken in wetlands or green belts adjacent to water bodies across the country. This follows a nationwide surge in urban development on prohibited sites, including ecological zones and roadsides.Ema emphasised yesterday that the move was designed to preserve critical water…

FILE PHOTO: A house built in the midst of a wetland in new Milton Park, a low density area in Harare, May 8, 2017. TRF/Jeffrey Moyo
