Resources and Documents

  GREF DEBATE SERIES  (Only includes available online links to articles) 1. Dr Jo Barnes: Water, sanitation and community health  https://www.georgeherald.com/News/Article/General/grave-threat-to-water-and-health-202005201117 https://www.thegremlin.co.za/2020/05/15/disintegration-of-water-and-sanitation-services-holds-threat-to-community-health/ cxnWed00227_05_2020 Dr Jo Barnes lowres https://showme.co.za/george/news/the-disintegration-of-rsa-water-and-sanitation-services-holds-a-threat-to-community-health/ 2. Gerhard Otto: Knysna & Bitou Fire Commemoration PRESS RELEASE: Sunday 7 June marks three years after the 2017 Knysna and Bitou wildfire disaster https://m.polity.org.za/article/sunday-7-june-marks-the-2017-knysna-wildfire-disaster-2020-06-02 GRDM_Gerhard Otto_Fire …

  GREF Debate series on similarities between the nett effect of COVID-19 and Climate Change, and how the Garden Route can best prepare for the “new normal” In order to create a platform to communicate with leading environmental experts, academics, political leadership and socio-economic role players, the GREF Debate Series was introduced. The GREF Debate …

  Presentations delivered at the Garden Route Environmental Forum Stakeholder Event, 11 December 2019  Please click on the title links below to download the PDF presentation documents: Speech by Min Anton Bredell GREF Christo Marais_Enhancing Water Sec – Rest & Maint Upper End of the Water Value Chain (11-12-2019) GREF Marlene Laros WCB&CM Priorities GREF …

  Click on the title of the document below to download: GREF Stakeholder Report Annual Fire Commemoration Event and Climate Change Indaba July 2019 LR    

7 June 2019  Garden Route Annual Fire Commemoration Event and Climate Change Indaba             Click on/Move cursor over the presentation link to download the PDF-file. 1. National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy for South Africa: Lindelani Mudau (DEA) PRESENTATION LINK: NCCAS Presentation L Mudau 2. Garden Route District Climate Change Adaptation …

  Please click on the document title below to download the GREF Stakeholder Report: Dec-Jan 2019 GREF Stakeholder Report Jan 2019  

The Status of Biological Invasions and their Management in South Africa Contact: Prof Brian van Wilgen,   Email: bvanwilgen@sun.ac.za Click on document title, open and download  SANBI National Status Report_WEB (6MB)

Contact: Dr Louw Claassens, Director: Knysna Basin Project Rhodes University Research Associate: Department of Zoology and Entomology & IUCN Seahorse, Pipefish and Stickleback Specialist Group Member (www.iucn-seahorse.org) Email: kyss.louw@gmail.com; Web: www.knysnabasinproject.co.za;  Facebook: www.facebook.com/knysna.basin.project; Skype: louwclaassens; Twitter: @ClaassensLouw Click on the document title to open and download: Knysna Basin Project Annual Report Nov 2018