Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, with landscapes including high plateaus and mountains. The Zambezi River forms the country’s northwestern border and features the world’s largest waterfall, Victoria Falls. This border also crosses Lake Kariba, the largest reservoir in the world. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rangeland. Zimbabwe has high biodiversity rarity of terrestrial land vertebrates at a global scale. When analysed as single taxons, the rarity of amphibians is also high. Challenges to biodiversity include deforestation; soil erosion; air and water pollution; wildlife poaching; and toxic pollution from poor mining practices.