Title:
Purchase Of Land to Consolidate Groendal Wilderness Area
Proposed by: Mr. Leon Els
Seconded by:
Patrick
Marsh
WHEREAS,
The existing Groendal Wilderness Area is not a "consolidated" area in
terms of land continuity and, if not consolidated, faces the possibility
of serious degradation such as
water pollution, internal development, and visual and sound distress of
future development;
Consolidation would also lessen the threat of peripheral development, and
would reduce management costs due to core:surface area ratio;
A piece of private land in the middle of the wilderness area - purchase of
which would effectively consolidate the southern and northern portions of
Groendal -- is for sale at approx R6000,000.
THEREFORE,
the 7th World Wilderness Congress hereby
RESOLVES, that
The Cape nature conservation authority responsible for the Groendal,
and the (national) Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, and
other relevant governmental agencies make the consolidation of Groendal a
priority and, with the assistance of the private sector and NGO's allocate
funds, launch an appeal, and persist until this is accomplished.
Proposed by:
Mr. Leon Els,
Director
Department of Economic Affairs, Environment and Tourism
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
+27 41 585 1850
Seconded by:
Patrick Marsh
Wilderness leadership School
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
082 414 6433
