The Conservation Conversation (TCC)

What do avocados, macadamia nuts, conservation farming, and solar energy have in common?They are all part of a powerful transformation happening right now in rural Zimbabwe.We take you behind the scenes at CICADA, one of the Zimbabwean companies that has accessed financing under the @euzimbabwe European Union's Global Gateway initiative, through the European Investment Bank.Over the past three years, more than USD100 million has been made available in long-term loans to Zimbabwean companies, especially in the horticulture sector, boosting entrepreneurship, climate resilience, and job creation.We're on the ground in Katiyo, Honde Valley, where CICADA is empowering small-scale farmers with conservation agriculture techniques, developing avocado and macadamia plantations, and using solar energy to power change from the roots up.Tune in as we sit down with CICADA's local heroes.

This July, the global conservation community gathers at one of the most iconic natural wonders on Earth, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, for the 15th Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP15).We kick off our special countdown to Ramsar COP15 with Mr. Phanuel Kudakwashe Mangisi from the Environmental Management Agency who is also the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Zimbabwe National Focal Person. What is Ramsar? Why are wetlands so important to our lives, our water, and our future? And why is the world coming to Zimbabwe this July?Tune in as we break it all down in this simple, powerful conversation.

From sustainability to carbon credits, Human Wildlife Conflict to deforestation, we talk it all...Let’s shape the future, one conversation at a time.