{"id":27996,"date":"2020-09-22T21:08:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T19:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=27996"},"modified":"2020-09-22T21:08:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T19:08:47","slug":"china-lectures-zimbabwe-on-environmental-duty-and-transparency-after-permits-to-mine-park-cancelled-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/china-lectures-zimbabwe-on-environmental-duty-and-transparency-after-permits-to-mine-park-cancelled-2","title":{"rendered":"China lectures Zimbabwe on environmental duty and transparency after permits to mine park cancelled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwe last week reversed its decision to license Chinese companies to mine Hwange national park. An environmental group applied to the country\u2019s High Court on September 8, 2020, to stop coal mining in the park, home to one of Africa\u2019s largest populations of elephants. Photo: AP<br \/>\nFor many years, Chinese companies have been on the receiving end of claims that they are not transparent in their operations and are destroying ecosystems in their search for raw materials in last week reversed its decision to license Chinese companies to mine Zimbabwe\u2019s Hwange national park, China lectured the southern African nation on the need to be transparent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper__contents contents\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<div class=\"contents__main main\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<div class=\"main__right\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<div class=\"main__row row\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<div class=\"row__details details\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<div data-v-59ed02ba=\"\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<div data-v-22ae94a0=\"\" data-v-59ed02ba=\"\">\n<div data-v-59ed02ba=\"\" data-v-22ae94a0=\"\">\n<div class=\"details__body body\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<div data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-18ef4ba4=\"\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">Guo Shaochun, the Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe, said he wanted the Zimbabwean government to be more transparent and to \u201cuse mining proceeds to develop itself and improve the lives of its people\u201d, using a tone usually taken by Western diplomats from the US and European countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-18ef4ba4=\"\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">Zimbabwe should implement laws and regulations to increase corporate transparency in mining and promote the sustainable growth of businesses, Guo said in a statement on September 10.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-v-59ed02ba=\"\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<div data-v-22ae94a0=\"\" data-v-59ed02ba=\"\">\n<div data-v-59ed02ba=\"\" data-v-22ae94a0=\"\">\n<div class=\"details__body body body--next\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<div class=\"paywalled-content\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<div data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-18ef4ba4=\"\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">He also wanted all mining companies to be monitored to observe whether the enterprises were operating legally, whether they complied with Zimbabwe\u2019s environmental protection and labour policies, and whether they were trading mineral products through legal channels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-18ef4ba4=\"\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">It was a rare position taken by a Chinese official, contradicting Beijing\u2019s policy against challenging another country\u2019s domestic affairs. It was even more extraordinary given that Chinese companies had been at the centre of controversy over mining in a national park.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-18ef4ba4=\"\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">Zimbabwe last week banned two Chinese companies \u2013 Zhongxin Coal Mining Group and Afrochine Smelting \u2013 it had previously licensed for coal exploration at the Hwange national park after campaigners and environmentalists took the government to court to avoid \u201cecological degradation\u201d in parks. Hwange is home to more than 45,000 elephants,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-18ef4ba4=\"\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">Inger Andersen, the executive director of the Nairobi-based United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), welcomed Zimbabwe\u2019s ban, calling it an \u201cabsolutely correct decision by Zimbabwe\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-18ef4ba4=\"\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">\u201cWe don\u2019t need new coal mines. Protecting biodiversity is vital for people, for the planet,\u201d Andersen said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-18ef4ba4=\"\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">The licences were cancelled last week, days after dozens of elephants died at the park from suspected bacterial infection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-18ef4ba4=\"\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">A year ago, China was criticised by activists for importing 30 young elephants from Hwange, which went against the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) directive that banned the sale of the wild animals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<div class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-18ef4ba4=\"\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">China is the largest investor and financier in Zimbabwe, where several Chinese firms also mine gold, diamonds and other minerals. Beijing has been Zimbabwe\u2019s key diplomatic and economic ally since the United States and EU imposed&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--a content--a\" data-v-5f87d536=\"\" data-v-18ef4ba4=\"\"><a class=\"link-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3045881\/chinas-foreign-minister-wang-yi-backs-call-lift-sanctions\" data-v-5f87d536=\"\"><span class=\"text\" data-v-5f87d536=\"\">sanctions\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>on former president Robert Mugabe\u2019s regime and entities because of human rights abuses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-18ef4ba4=\"\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">In Kenya, Chinese companies and their Kenyan partners last year had a major setback when a court stopped the building of a US$2 billion coal-fired power plant after environmentalists moved to court arguing that the project endangered a Unesco World Heritage Site in the coastal town of Lamu. Of the plant\u2019s estimated US$2 billion cost, US$1.2 billion is coming from the Industrial Commercial Bank of China.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-18ef4ba4=\"\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">China is funding eight coal-powered projects in Africa \u2013 including Egypt\u2019s Hamrawein coal-fired plant, which has an estimated cost of US$4.2 billion and is expected to generate 6GW of power \u2013 despite the Asian economic giant\u2019s commitment to cut emissions as part of the Paris Agreement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-18ef4ba4=\"\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">Across Africa, from Kenya to Mozambique, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chinese companies have fought environmentalists accusing them of destroying ecosystems in their search for commodities, including oil, metals and timber, and during the building of massive projects such as railways cutting through national parks in places like Kenya.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-18ef4ba4=\"\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">Greenpeace, a non-governmental environmental organisation, said China\u2019s growing demand for timber was putting pressure on forests in the Congo Basin, the world\u2019s second largest rainforest after the Amazon. The Congo Basin spans Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-18ef4ba4=\"\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">China is the biggest importer of logs coming from Central African countries and Chinese firms now manage forest concessions equal to about 25 per cent of allocated concession area in the Congo Basin forest, according to Greenpeace Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-18ef4ba4=\"\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">Tal Harris, the international communications coordinator for Greenpeace Africa based in Dakar-Senegal, said the Chinese government had championed impressive afforestation and reforestation programmes but \u201cit cannot be accepted that Chinese companies are allowed to trash the world\u2019s second largest rainforest\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<div class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-18ef4ba4=\"\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">China is now funding tree planting through its but Greenpeace Africa said it was important and necessary to regulate its enterprises overseas to avoid the destruction of crucial natural habitats, for example the Congo Basin Forest.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-18ef4ba4=\"\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">Elizabeth Losos, a senior fellow at Duke University\u2019s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, said China had some positive policies to promote sustainable development in Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-18ef4ba4=\"\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">However, \u201cdespite these good aspirations and policies, there is still an enormous shortfall between intentions and actual projects on the ground\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-18ef4ba4=\"\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">\u201cThere are continuing problems across the African continent. For the most part, these are being pushed by individual Chinese enterprises, mostly state-owned enterprises, and sometimes provincial governments. To date, the central government has not been able to regulate these overseas companies,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-18ef4ba4=\"\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">But corrupt African leaders are also to blame. David Shinn, a professor at George Washington University\u2019s Elliott School of International \u00adAffairs, has done studies on the environmental impact of China\u2019s investment in Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-def1068e=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-18ef4ba4=\"\" data-v-def1068e=\"\">He said that because of leaders in Africa who were corrupt, \u201cAfrican officials often turn a blind eye to illegal activity or environmental damage. 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