ZERO Regional Environment Organisation, is a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), registered in 1987 to contribute to environment and development solutions in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries.
ZERO’s vision is to be a leading organisation in advancing a peaceful, democratic and prosperous Southern Africa built upon the equitable distribution and effective management of land and land-based resources. it’s mission is to promote an enabling policy environment for the rural and urban disadvantaged women, men and youth to enable them to manage and utilise land and land-based resources to meet their needs in a sustainable manner, through awareness raising, participatory policy advocacy, sharing of information, and networking with key stakeholders.
Zero’s programmes include
- Land Resources in Southern Africa (MLRSA)
- Wind Power
- Water resources
- Energy
- Macro-economic reform
- WSSD
Zero’s website offers:
- Library Database – a bibliographic database on a range of issues on environment, land and land reforms, land tenure systems, natural resources management and sustainable development
- Experts Database – contact information that ZERO uses to network and share information and knowledge and as well as to distribute the organisation’s new publications
- ZERO Publications