The vice chairman of Makuti Safaris and a member of the Safari Operators association of Zimbabwe, Emmanuel Fundira, said they were unhappy with the failure by ZPWMA to introduce the conservation fee.
Soaz members at their Annual General Meeting last year passed a resolution on the payment of a conservation fee which would be forwarded to the ZPWMA. The introduction of the conservation fee will go a long way in creating a robust anti-poaching campaign and in protecting the natural resources. Many countries in the world have introduced the conservation fee with countries like Kenya and Tanzania having successfully benefited from the introduced the fee, he said.
Fundira said the conservative fee would be paid by clients visiting safari places and would be passed on to ZPWMA for anti-poaching activities.