Gumboot February 2011

World Wetlands Day 2011

WORLD WETLANDS DAY 2011: SPOTLIGHT ON THE WESTERN CAPE’S VERLORENVLEI

The 2011 World Wetlands Day celebration, which took place within the Bergrivier Municipality in the Western Cape, was a success with an international delegation of mayors and deputy mayors from about 20 cities attending. The event began with a warm welcome from the Bergrivier Municipality Mayor, Kobie Liebenberg, at Vensterklip venue with the Verlorenvlei wetland offering a scenic backdrop for the celebration. The Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Rejoice Mabudafhasi, who officiated the event under the theme ‘Wetlands, Forests and Climate Change’, had the audience eating out of the palm of her hand.

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Rehabilitation Project Implementation Disturbed by Floods

REHABILITATION PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION DISTURBED BY FLOODS
Wetland rehabilitation work has come to a halt in a number of Working for Wetlands projects nationally due to the recent country-wide floods. Floods pose a real challenge to the projects as it becomes difficult for workers to conduct any rehabilitation work. In most areas it becomes impossible and dangerous to get to the wetlands due to the conditions of roads they use to get to the wetlands.

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