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Lesego

Post subject: Declaration of land to five South African National Parks

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 3:20 pm

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Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Ms Edna Molewa on 2 March 2012 published under the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, 2003 (Act No. 57 of 2003), the declaration of certain land to be part of five South African National Parks in Notice 150 of 2012, Gazette No. 35073, of 2 March 2012.

The five national parks affected by this declaration include the Agulhas, Addo Elephant, Mokala, Tankwa Karoo and Namaqua National Parks. Minister Molewa on 15 July 2011 published for public comment the Department’s intention to declare land as part of five national parks whereby members of the public were invited to submit comments within 60 days.

Read Here for the full media release.

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Boorgatspook

Post subject: Re: Declaration of land to five South African National Parks

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 5:56 pm

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This is very good news indeed! :clap:

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Friedrich von Hörsten

Post subject: Re: Declaration of land to five South African National Parks

Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 2:05 pm

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Only saw this now. Are there any maps that show where these extensions are? Wish they would carry on adding farms to more parks!

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bert

Post subject: Re: Declaration of land to five South African National Parks

Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:03 pm

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Great news

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pops

Post subject: Re: Declaration of land to five South African National Parks

Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:46 pm

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Fantastic news hope to hear more of this type of news.

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threedogs

Post subject: Re: Declaration of land to five South African National Parks

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 1:20 am

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Always a good thing to see parks extended! :clap:

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Meandering Mouse

Post subject: Re: Declaration of land to five South African National Parks

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 7:11 am

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Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful

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cheetah2111

Post subject: Re: Declaration of land to five South African National Parks

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:31 am

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Fantabulous!!!

More Conservation
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Grantmissy

Post subject: Re: Declaration of land to five South African National Parks

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:22 am

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Hi Lesego

Thanks for the great news :wink:

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TheunsH

Post subject: Re: Declaration of land to five South African National Parks

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:56 am

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Well, I don't understand, on the one side SANParks seeks donations for servicing/upgrading the webcams and on the other hand more land is declared for conservation. How on earth will this be funded?

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DuQues

Post subject: Re: Declaration of land to five South African National Parks

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:00 am

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Totally different budgets.

Also the usage of the word "declare" to me sounds like this is going to happen without money changing hands.

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Rooies

Post subject: Re: Declaration of land to five South African National Parks

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:23 am

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It is always 'a feast for the eyes' and 'music for the ears' to hear about more land for conservation. BTW, how far are we from the goal of 10% of the land being set aside for conservation?

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Graham_5000

Post subject: Re: Declaration of land to five South African National Parks

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:58 pm

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Surely the farmers got adequate compensation? I hope SA continues to produce a lot of food - food security is vital unless you are prepared to pay what us Brits pay in the UK for our food, most of which is imported!

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DinkyBird

Post subject: Re: Declaration of land to five South African National Parks

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 6:32 pm

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Yes, the farmers would be compensated at market value Graham. The Government gives/gave SANParks a grant specifically to purchase more land with.

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Meandering Mouse

Post subject: Re: Declaration of land to five South African National Parks

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 7:31 am

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Theuns, it seems to me that you are out to rip into Sanparks no matter what they do.

This is positive news and an indication of comitment. It is good news all the way, why vomit on the cake?

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