16.8
Human Rights Watch: Private mining companies perpetrating shocking abuses ............... 36
17 ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION DUE TO UNREGULATED MINING ........................................... 36
18 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................. 38
18.1
Good governance could restore a decade of economic ruin ................................................ 38
Glossary of Acronyms
ACR
African Consolidated Resources
ARDA
Agricultural Rural Development Authority
CIO
Central Intelligence Organisation
CRD
Centre for Research and Development
EPO
Exclusive Prospecting Order
GW
Global Witness
HRW
Human Rights Watch
KP
Kimberley Process
KPCS
Kimberley Process Certification Scheme
MDC
Movement for Democratic Change Party
MMCZ
Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe
MMMD
Ministry of Mines and Mining Development
PAC
Partnership Africa Canada
RBZ
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
SADC
Southern African Development Community
SARW
Southern Africa Resource Watch
ZANU PF
Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front
ZELA
Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association
ZMDC
Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation