The Blue Plan is intended to prioritize the protection of existing natural resources and uses such as fishing, aquaculture, and navigation from future conflicting or incompatible activities, and to minimize conflicts between marine life and human uses in the Sound.
The City of Cape Town recently conducted a visit to Glencairn Beach in order to assess the progress made in the overall upgrade of the Glencairn Beach precinct.
The act of constructing, a cemented concrete structure on Vainguinim beach what locals of Dona Paula as well as the main constitutional authority for protecting Goa’s coasts the GCZMA have termed illegal, is set to have national ramifications, beyond the shores of Goa, where a strong citizen s movement has started against what people feel is a crude take-over of a citizen’s beach by the private hotel company
The very authority which allowed mere “repairs” of a wall has noticed a totally new construction and red flagged gross violations of coastal management and environmental laws.
Firstly, it is clear from pictures and videos that the Vainguinim beach has faced enough damages. The construction of what is a concrete structure of the beach, has been claimed by the hotel to be mere repair work in the retaining wall of “their own property”. That claim may be well on its way to be rejected and has been strongly challenged. The apparently clear and very serious violations w
Western Cape commits to biodiversity conservation with Edinburgh Declaration
By Kristin Engel
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Cape Town - Efforts to promote biological diversity conservation in the Western Cape received a boost on the weekend when the provincial Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning and MEC Anton Bredell signed the Edinburgh Declaration on Biological Diversity Day.
Biodiversity and Coastal Management director Marlene Laros said while in the process of reviewing the Provincial Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, CapeNature together with the department motivated for the signing of the declaration.
“The declaration signifies sub-national governments’ collective commitment towards implementing the biodiversity conservation targets of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity,” said Laros.
Despite a pre-Memorial Day deadline for completion, the new public bathrooms at Wrightsville Beach sit unfinished, even as hordes of tourists prepare to descend on the shores this coming summer. (Port City Daily/Preston Lennon)
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH The undertaking of building freestanding public restrooms near the central business hub of Wrightsville Beach is taking longer than expected. The initial deadline, set months ago, targeted an early May completion date. Now, Memorial Day which represents an incoming, sustained deluge of tourist activity is right around the corner, and the project is still incomplete and behind schedule.
A toilet shortage could be exposed in the coming weeks, when the town’s population and foot traffic will greatly swell. Previously, Wrightsville Beach leased public bathrooms in a retail building in the same commercial plaza. When the property owner sought to double the rent, the town nixed the lease, according to town manager Tim Owens.