Eden

Areas affected by the Knysna fires, specifically where indigenous Fynbos is concerned, are slow to regenerate. Although most of the Fynbos will probably regenerate only later on this year, the slower than expected regeneration can be ascribed to the high intensity of the fires that swept through Buffels Bay and through Plettenberg Bay.

Progress Report GRRI Environmental Working Group Friday 25 August 2017 1. Minister and Mayor visit Knysna sites Mr. Alan Winde, Western Cape Minister of Economic Opportunities, along with Eden Executive Mayor, Councillor Memory Booysen, visited the Knysna sites, on Wednesday 23rd August, where the Garden Route Rebuild Initiative (GRRI) are implementing a number of projects …

Progress Report GRRI Environmental Working Group 18 August DEA NRMP, Knysna Municipality, Eden District Disaster Management (and Municipality), the Southern Cape FPA, WoF, SANParks and Cape Nature, and several others, collectively address environmental rehabilitation in the burn scar. 1. Erosion Control GRRI Environmental interventions prevent tons of topsoil from washing down steep slopes into down …

Progress Report GRRI Environmental Working Group – 10 August DEA NRMP, Knysna Municipality, Eden District Disaster Management (and Municipality), the Southern Cape FPA, SANParks and Cape Nature, and several others, collectively address environmental rehabilitation in the burn scar. 1. Erosion control Efforts and interventions to stabilize denuded landscapes around Knysna, Brenton and Belvidere continue. A …

Volgens Cobus Meiring (SCLI), is die Garden Route Rebuild inisiatief gestig na die Knysna brande, en gaan die werkgroep wat gaan omsien na die herstel

Strong wind and high temperatures drain already low dam levels at a rate of more than 2% per week, says Cobus Meiring of the Southern Cape Landowners Initiative (SCLI). Authorities in the Western Cape have no choice other than to explore alternative sources to harvest fresh water, such as desalination, waste water treatment, run-off from …

The Eden plan for spatial development: are we ready for the future? “Have you ever considered what our part of the world will look like in 30 years’ time?” asks Cobus Meiring from the Southern Cape Landowners Initiative (SCLI). The answer is not an easy one, but what we do know is that every year …

SCLI INTERVIEW WILLIE FOURIE AT EDEN DISTRICT COUNCIL In collaboration with SANParks’ s efforts to clear invasive alien plants in Garden Route National Park buffer zones (and thereby enlarging the conservation footprint), Eden District has a developed strategy in dealing with invasive alien plants affecting road reserves. In an ongoing series of interviews with land …