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  By Raphael Banda   B iodiversity governance   This piece of writing will start with a question. Do we have enough laws that protect biodiversity, if yes are they being implemented to pervert biodiversity loss? We may be aware that biodiversity governance concerns all laws, rules, policies, and processes that govern the management, conservation, and use of biodiversity, including mechanisms for benefit-sharing, protecting rights, safeguarding against harm, and ensuring accountability. This includes how decisions are made, power is shared, and rights and responsibilities are being enforced, these include both traditional and statutory laws. Over the years, balancing competing interests has been one of the challenges    of biodiversity governance. There is need for systems to regulate our interactions with nature on both domestic and international scene. This issue draws local and international attention because species don’t respect jurisdictional boundaries that are man-

By Raphael Banda (Journalism Trainer/Journalist bandaraphael55@gmail)   Journalists and other stakeholders need to increase climate change awareness to preserve food security and biodiversity loss globally.   In the recent past most parts of the world have witnessed high temperatures, prolonged dry spells and flashfloods, with Zambia not being exception. This is threatening national food security, causing immense damage to infrastructure and impacting economic activities.   A week ago , the European Union (EU) Climate Change Service disclosed that for the first time, global warming has exceeded 1.5C across an entire year. The situation calls for increased public sensitization, awareness and doubling of efforts to cut down greenhouse gas emissions to slow down the unfolding climate crisis. It is also crucial that African countries highly impacted by climate change begin to access the loss and damage fund to address their peculiar areas of concern.   Zambia and othe

 By Raphael Banda (Journalism Trainer/journalist) Most parts of the country have recorded the dry spell which has drastically affected mots crops that are currently wilting. Farmers have expressed worry that this will lead to the poor crop yields in this year's harvest season. With Mealie Meal the product of maize grain being the country's staple food, this situation pauses a danger to the country's food security at both household and national levels. current situation in some crop fields-Siavonga Zambia The Ministry of Green Economy and Environment released this information through the Metrological Department. AGROMETEOROLOGICAL BULLETIN HIGHLIGHTS      TIME ISSUED: 8:45 CAT   DATE ISSUED: 10TH FEBRUARY, 2024 ANALYSIS PERIOD: 21ST TO 31ST JANUARY, 2024 ⮚ Zambia records normal to below average rainfall;  ⮚ A dry spell observed between 21st and 31st January, 2024; ⮚ Soil moisture insufficient (10% to 50%) in most parts of Zambia; ⮚ Significant rainfall to b