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Four men arrested for cutting down trees
13 Jan 2017 at 13:59hrs | Views
Four men from Kanhukanwe village in Chiweshe Mashonaland Central province were arrested for cutting down trees and were latter fined at a police station.
According to Eye witnesses the four culprits yet to be identified by Bulawayo24.com were cutting trees with axes meant for the tobacco curing in Forester Estate on 8 January.
Forester guard Never Gatsi failed to apprehend the culprits and strike security teamed up with Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in arresting them.
Tobacco farmers are catalysts of deforestation in Zimbabwe.
According to the country's Tobacco Industry Marketing Board, Zimbabwe last season had 88,167 tobacco growers, whom environmental activists say are the catalysts of looming desertification.
According to Eye witnesses the four culprits yet to be identified by Bulawayo24.com were cutting trees with axes meant for the tobacco curing in Forester Estate on 8 January.
Tobacco farmers are catalysts of deforestation in Zimbabwe.
According to the country's Tobacco Industry Marketing Board, Zimbabwe last season had 88,167 tobacco growers, whom environmental activists say are the catalysts of looming desertification.
Source - Byo24News
