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Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences (ZAS)

Tropical Resources Ecology Centre, University of Zimbabwe, PO Box MP 212, Mount Pleasant Harare, Zimbabwe

http://www.zas.ac.zw/

The ZAS was founded in October 2004. Fellows of the ZAS provide independent, evidence based advice to the Zimbabwean government and society. In May 2005 the ZAS received $100 million from the Zimbabwean government to help fund its activities in research and development The ZAS is a member of the World Academy of Sciences for the Advancement of Science in Developing Countries (TWAS) https://twas.org/, and the Global Network of Academies of Sciences http://www.interacademies.org/Zimbabwe.aspx?id=13645&tab=profile#viewTab

Nature reported in 2016 that the ZAS might not survive due to serious under funding due to a lack of donations and membership fees. There were less than 100 fellows at that time, and the country's economic climate had led to less than 15 members actually paying their fees. The political situation in Zimbabwe has also caused a reduction in international collaboration and funding, and international sanctions have had an additional impact. The ZAS appealed to the Zimbabwean diaspora for funds. In 2017 Zimbabwe’s new Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology Development, Professor Amon Murwira, was a member of the Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences. Dexter Tagwireyi called for the ZAS to "lobby for legislation to ensure that the new Government formally recognises the organisation and what it stands for"

ZAS was listed as a member academy of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) in 2018 https://nasaconline.org/index.php/2018/11/30/member-academies/

The OWSD Zimbabwe National Chapter, hosted at the Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences, was launched in November 2018

In November 2017 Zimbabwean researchers in Zimbabwe, South Africa and UK, all members of the NIHR Tackling Infections to Benefit Africa partnership at the University of Edinburgh suggested a roadmap for revitalising research and innovation in Zimbabwe, including ZAS as a key actor in this

Further discussion of the book Mapping ...: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/unesco_profiles_research_and_innovation_in_zimbabwe/

Commonwealth Academies of Science has accepted Zimbabwe’s contribution to a consensus statement on climate change that is expected to be submitted for presentation to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (GHOGM) in London next month. The acceptance and endorsement of the contribution by the Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences (ZAS) to the climate change statement https://www.herald.co.zw/commonwealth-warms-up-to-zim-academics/

https://nef.org/zimbabwes-new-government-must-commit-to-science/

https://www.healthresearchweb.org/files/Zimbawesciencetechpolicydocumentnew.pdf

https://twas.org/article/twas-elects-55-new-fellows

Book: Mapping research and innovation in the Republic of Zimbabwe https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=B2gPBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA134&lpg=PA134&dq=zimbabwe+academy+of+sciences&source=bl&ots=hiACzQT7NB&sig=ACfU3U21QbYu_bXtLM7sy3hA4pohSMhWJQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjqz_f9_73gAhVL6KQKHcIBCWo4ChDoATAIegQIBBAB#v=onepage&q=zimbabwe%20academy%20of%20sciences&f=false

Nature 537, 599 (29 September 2016) doi:10.1038/nature.2016.20670 https://www.nature.com/news/zimbabwean-snature.2016.20670cientists-fight-to-preserve-national-academy-1.20670

The ZAS website URL no longer works http://www.zas.ac.zw/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/zimbabwes-scientists-hope-political-change-will-revitalize-research/

https://www.ed.ac.uk/edinburgh-infectious-diseases/news-events/news-archive/a-roadmap-to-revitalise-research-and-innovation-in

http://www.rcz.ac.zw/rcz-achievements/

https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/scientists-see-brighter-days-ahead