Title:
The Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park (SA)
- A biosphere of international importance
Author: Mr. Ulf
Doerner
Seconded by: Mr. M.A Partha Sarathy
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WHEREAS,
St. Lucia (South Africa) is Africa’s oldest Nature Reserve (1895);
St. Lucia is a Ramsar Site and South Africa’s first designated World Heritage
Site;
St. Lucia is the home of some 530 bird species; of endangered and indigenous species;
its biodiversity is larger than that of the Okavango and Kruger Park combined;
St. Lucia has been under constant pressure by various interest groups, such as mining
of its eastern shores for titanium;
St. Lucia lacks legal protection that would secure its integrity;
WWF has initiated the Living Planet Campaign which has produced a reference document
giving evidence to the World most important biospheres. This document is presently being
revised;
The 6th
World Wilderness Congress resolves that:
- The Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park be included in WWF’s reference document giving
evidence to the World most important biospheres;
- The South African Government is to be congratulated on having become a signatory of
UNESCO’s World Heritage Convention and having designated St. Lucia becoming SA’s
first world heritage site;
- The South African Government is to be encouraged to take the necessary steps to preserve
the natural integrity of its environs like in the neighboring Dukuduku Forest.
Sponsored by:
Mr. Ulf Doerner
International Scientific Advisor to the Wilderness Leadership School,
South Africa,
Ingen. Fur Umwellttechnik, Simmernstabey,
Muenchen D-8084, Germany
Tel: +49-89-362-682
Fax: +49-89-363-625
E-mail: ulf_doerner@aol.com / ulf_doerner@compuserve.com
Seconded by:
Mr. M.A Partha Sarathy
