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Gumboot March 2007Working for Wetland's electronic newsletter
Additional funding from DWAFDemonstrating the power and value of cooperative governance, the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry extended an additional R25 million to Working for Wetlands for the current financial year to cover unforeseen rehabilitation expenses.
More »Vital StatisticsCoal owes its origins to wetlands. One of its precursors, peat, forms from organic matter deposited in permanently saturated wetlands where decomposition is slowed down by low oxygen levels.
More »Severe threat posed to Mpumalanga Lake DistrictProposed opencast coal mining within the catchments of the Mpumalanga Lake District would threaten many unique and largely pristine wetlands, according to a paper by Prof Terence McCarthy & co. Concerns have been raised that, while the economic benefits of the mining are apparent, many of the environmental and social costs have not been taken into consideration.
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