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Garden Route Climate Change Indaba to coincide with the United Nations World Oceans Day
The Garden Route Fire Commemoration Event and Climate Change Indaba will this year coincide with World Oceans Day, taking place on Tuesday 8 June 2021. The Indaba is hosted by the Garden Route District Municipality and the Garden Route Environmental Forum (GREF).
The theme for the 2021 United Nations World Oceans Day is Life and Livelihoods. It is a day for humanity to celebrate and support the life and the livelihood that the ocean sustains and puts the spotlight on biodiversity and the interconnectivity between the ocean and its ecosystems.
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
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.
Climate Change Indaba becoming an important tool for environmental and disaster management entities
Severe rainstorms lashed throughout the first week of May through the Southern Cape, and although much damage was reported, and farmers and communities in low-lying areas had to be evacuated, the rain did bring relief to areas that were severely affected by drought for close to a decade.
Groot River May
Towns like Ladismith received heavy rains that made a huge difference to empty storage dams, whilst the rivers near Van Wyksdorp flowing towards Gourits River mouth showed impressive volumes for the first time in many years, and no doubt saved what was left of depleted aquatic species in the systems.