Indaba to discuss climate change in South Africa
“Any which way we look at the scenario, water, or rather the lack thereof, is the biggest threat to South Africa’s present and future well-being, and that threat is in many ways dependent on the way in which we manage and conserve the environment, how we plan to cope with climate change and changing rainfall patterns.”
“The recent severe wildfire disaster that caused incalculable damage to Cape Town’s Rhodes Memorial, the historical Mostert’s Mill and the University of Cape Town and surrounding properties could hardly be ascribed to climate change as the cause thereof was clearly due to human negligence, deliberate or not. It must be said, however, the ferocity of the fire was exponentially increased by the presence of invasive alien mature pine trees that are the remnants of pine forests that historically lined the slopes of Table Mountain,” says Cobus Meiring, chairperson of the Garden Route Environmental Forum (G
SANParks calls for attacks on rangers to end after CT incident Earlier this month, an official at the Newlands picnic site was insulted, racially abused and stoned by cyclists demanded entry to a cordoned-off section. Picture: @SANParks/Twitter
CAPE TOWN - South African National Parks (SANParks) has called for an end to attacks on rangers.
Earlier this month, an official at the Newlands picnic site was insulted, racially abused and stoned by cyclists who demanded entry to a cordoned-off section.
That section, as well as the Deer Park and Rhodes Memorial areas, remain closed to the public following last month s Table Mountain fire.
Indaba to discuss climate change in SA “Any which way we look at the scenario, water, or rather the lack thereof, is the biggest threat to South Africa’s present and future well-being, and that threat is in many ways dependent on the way in which we manage and conserve the environment Contributor Tuesday, 25 May 2021, 13:55 The Eastern Cape’s Impofu Dam, one of the main storage dams supplying the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro and surrounds with fresh water, is currently below 5% full. (Photo: SCLI)
GARDEN ROUTE | KAROO NEWS - “The recent severe wildfire disaster that caused incalculable damage to Cape Town’s Rhodes Memorial, the historical Mostert’s Mill and the University of Cape Town and surrounding properties could hardly be ascribed to climate change as the cause thereof was clearly due to human negligence, deliberate or not.
DOCUMENTARY: The Cape of flames
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A fire started in the vicinity of Rhodes Memorial on Sunday, 18 April.
It quickly spread over the mountain, scorching about 600 hectares of land.
Its biggest victim was UCT s library, where 75 000 books from the African Studies Collection went up in flames.
Fires in Cape Town are a relatively regular occurrence, but few are quite as devastating as the recent runaway fire, which started on Sunday, 18 April.
It culminated in the destruction of some priceless cultural heritage.
The Western Cape recorded about 17 000 fires during a previous season, James-Brent Styan, spokesperson for Environmental Affairs and Development Planning MEC Anton Bredell, told News24.
It quickly spread over the mountain, scorching about 600 hectares of land.
Its biggest victim was UCT s library, where 75 000 books from the African Studies Collection went up in flames.
Fires in Cape Town are a relatively regular occurrence, but few are quite as devastating as the recent runaway fire, which started on Sunday, 18 April.
It culminated in the destruction of some priceless cultural heritage.
The Western Cape recorded about 17 000 fires during a previous season, James-Brent Styan, spokesperson for Environmental Affairs and Development Planning MEC Anton Bredell, told News24.
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He said 95% of these fires were doused within the first hour, which speaks to what we ve got in place .