CHILONGA, Zimbabwe — It’s taboo for Elizabeth Munene, a 37-year-old villager from Velemu village in Chilonga, a rural outpost nestled in Zimbabwe’s Lowveld area, to cut down trees indiscriminately. “We were taught that deforestation affected our environment. The punishment for such a crime is to give a goat to the local village head. This sets … Continue reading In Zimbabwe, an irrigation project threatens a tribe’s land and trees