Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate (Zimbabwe)
# Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate (Zimbabwe)

The Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate is a government ministry, responsible for water resources management, rural development, climate and environment in Zimbabwe. The incumbent is Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu. It oversees:

* Zimbabwe National Water Authority
* District Development Fund
* Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority
* Environmental Management Agency formerly Department of Natural Resources

## Zimbabwe National Water Authority

The Zimbabwe National Water Authority is a state-owned company which was formed in 2000 guided by the terms of the ZINWA Act (Chapter 20:25). ZINWA falls under the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement.

### Mission

* To sustainably deliver quality water to all our communities whilst making strategic water infrastructure investments that facilitate human and economic development

### Vision

To provide universal, safe and affordable water security

## Environmental Management Agency

Environmental Management Agency (EMA) is a statutory body responsible for ensuring the sustainable utilization natural resources and protection of the environmental degradation. It is a parastatal under the Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate.

EMA was established under the Environmental Management Act (Chapter 20:27) of 2002. the Act was operationalized on 17 March 2003 through statutory Instrument 103 of 2003

### EMA's Goals

A Clean safe and healthy environment, supporting an empowered society a sustainable growing economy by 2030

* to increase compliance with regulation and standards.
* to establish up to date baseline and data bases for environmental information.
* to raise environmental awareness.
* to increase organisational capacity and maintain accountability, transparency and utilization of EMA resources,.
* to increase stakeholder participation in environmental enforcement, projects and programs.
* to amend and develop a comprehensive body of legislation and formulate environmental quality standards.
