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10.10.10 Global Work Party www.350.org
Dear Friends,
Sunday 10.10.10 Little Green Fingers joined WESSA for the 350.org Global Work Party calling onto people everywhere to help reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.
Princess Vlei was named after a powerful Khoe Princess whose headquarters was on Constantiaberg in what is today called Elephant Eye cave. She was kidnapped in 1510 by sailors from the ship of Portuguese explorer Francesco d’Almeida.
We planted some trees helping to restore the wetlands.
Princess Vlei is the most natural and ecologically and socially the most important of the wetlands that once covered most of the Cape Flats.
Formerly Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, which has disappeared from the Cape Flats is the most Critically Endangered vegetation in South Africa. It urgently requiring restoration and is under threat from a City of Cape Town plan to have a shopping centre built on its eastern shore. We believe it would destroy both the ecosystem and the Princess Vlei cultural heritage site. South Africa has lost too many wetlands to be able to afford more degradation of these vital ecosystems.
Good news! The original soil is intact and it is likely seeds and bulbs could have survived. Wetland and natural open areas absorb high levels of water run-off. Flooding risks are set to increase with expected future climate change. Conversely we also need wetlands to retain water during dry times.
The Cape Flats Wetlands Forum “Saving the Princess” project has demonstrated that restoration is feasible. This option is compatible with the restoration of both the lake and Crititically Endangered fynbos, with a botanic garden and with a heritage memorial park and sunset amphitheater.
Think nationally, act locally. 2010 is the year of Biodiversity!
Take action!
Blessing Liesel
Sunday 10.10.10 Little Green Fingers joined WESSA for the 350.org Global Work Party calling onto people everywhere to help reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.
Princess Vlei was named after a powerful Khoe Princess whose headquarters was on Constantiaberg in what is today called Elephant Eye cave. She was kidnapped in 1510 by sailors from the ship of Portuguese explorer Francesco d’Almeida.
We planted some trees helping to restore the wetlands.
Princess Vlei is the most natural and ecologically and socially the most important of the wetlands that once covered most of the Cape Flats.
Formerly Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, which has disappeared from the Cape Flats is the most Critically Endangered vegetation in South Africa. It urgently requiring restoration and is under threat from a City of Cape Town plan to have a shopping centre built on its eastern shore. We believe it would destroy both the ecosystem and the Princess Vlei cultural heritage site. South Africa has lost too many wetlands to be able to afford more degradation of these vital ecosystems.
Good news! The original soil is intact and it is likely seeds and bulbs could have survived. Wetland and natural open areas absorb high levels of water run-off. Flooding risks are set to increase with expected future climate change. Conversely we also need wetlands to retain water during dry times.
The Cape Flats Wetlands Forum “Saving the Princess” project has demonstrated that restoration is feasible. This option is compatible with the restoration of both the lake and Crititically Endangered fynbos, with a botanic garden and with a heritage memorial park and sunset amphitheater.
Think nationally, act locally. 2010 is the year of Biodiversity!
Take action!
Blessing Liesel
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