Vision

To make Zimbabwe a world leader in environmental protection, sustainable natural resources utilization and the preferred tourism destination.

•  Mission

To manage the sustainable utilization of natural resources and promote tourism by creating an enabling environment to benefit all Zimbabweans.

•  Core Values

•  Respect for nature

•  Total commitment to visitor satisfaction

•  Innovation

•  Transparency and Accountability

•  Teamwork

•  Integrity

•  Professionalism

•  Patriotism

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Goal

To implement sound environmental management practices and promote sustainable utilization of natural resources and the development of tourism.

Strategies

•  Promoting integrated management and use of Zimbabwe's natural resources.

•  Creating an enabling environment for attaining economic growth through utilization of natural resources and tourism development.

•  Building strong partnerships with all stakeholders in the environment and tourism sectors.

•  Promoting investment in cleaner production technologies.

•  Investing in the development human resources in the environment and tourism sectors.

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The Ministry recognizes the importance of the following key success factors:

•  Shared vision

•  Mobilisation of resources (Financial, Human, Material etc.)

•  Relevant conservation skills

•  Entrepreneurial skills

•  Availability of natural resources

•  Appropriate policy and legal framework

•  Stakeholder and Client buy-in

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The Ministry of Environment and Tourism is organized into two broad subsystems, viz. Environment and Tourism.

Within the Environment subsystem are three parastatals, namely the Environmental Management Agency (EMA, formerly the Department of Natural Resources), the Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (PWMA) and the Forestry Commission (FC).

The Tourism subsystem comprises the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) and the commercial division of the PWMA.

These subsystems help stakeholders to:

•  identify their needs vis-a-vis environmental and tourism challenges;

•  identify possible opportunities and options to address their identified needs and challenges;

•  select the best options and

•  identify possible interior and external resources.

Further the Ministry's clients and stakeholders were assisted to identify potential programme / project interactions by holding focus group discussions in various parts of the country.

In addition, structured interviews were held with key informants in the communities.

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