Zimbabwe National Forestry Policy 2023

The Zimbabwe National Forest Policy 2023 creates the framework for sustainable forest management to maintain biodiversity, productivity, regeneration capacity, and vitality. The policy aims “to enhance the contribution of the forestry sector to development and social equity through active participation of all stakeholders for the benefit of present and future generations.” Regarding climate change, the policy has an objective to “enhance forest carbon sinks and build communities’ resilience to climate change through sustainable forest management.” It proposes policy actions such as promoting land-use plans that recognise forestry at all governance levels, capacity building for sustainable forest management in the context of climate change, maintaining and accounting for carbon sinks with community participation, implementing a carbon credit framework as a guide in forest-based projects and promote gender-sensitive forest-based climate solutions.