Paper 2 · drought and environmental degradation
Which of the following is a measure the Zimbabwean government has taken to control human activities that cause environmental degradation?
AEnacting legislation and imposing penalties on environmentally damaging practices.
BProviding unlimited financial subsidies for large-scale commercial logging operations nationwide.
CRemoving all restrictions on clearing land for agricultural expansion.
DEncouraging unregulated mining activity in wetland and riverbank areas.
Explanation: The government controls environmentally damaging human activities through education awareness campaigns, legislation, penalties, resettlement, afforestation, re-grassing, gully reclamation, and paddocking, not by subsidising logging, removing restrictions on land clearing, or encouraging unregulated mining.
Derived from ZIMSEC Heritage Studies Paper 2, Nov 2019, Q6