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More From Thabang’s Reflections





                                                     Thabang argues that action plans         rate of removal of some of the
                                                     “should be coupled with actions to       species; those things need to be

                                                     deal with enforcement issues, the        considered thoroughly. The other
                                                     policies, the by-laws, the laws of the   highlight for me was the Groendal
                                                     country. There is an enormous            walk that we took. It was for the

                                                     variety of species that are highly or    first time that I took that journey

                                                     partially dependant on estuaries,        and I must confess that I came back
                                                     and they need protection. So, the        reinvigorated with a fresh mind and
                                                     issue of non-protection of a range       vigour to get my act together and

                                                     of habitats associated with fauna        do the minimum elegant steps
                                                     and flora as well as breeding,           which are necessary and I can take

                                                     roosting and feeding sites for the       within the limited capacity that I
                                                     birds remain a very great concern        have as an individual, and also to be

                                                     for me. There is also a range of         part of local movements and
                                                     human activities taking place at the     initiatives, which are aimed at

                                                     Swartkops Estuary such as boats,         highlighting the danger that we are
                                                     without regulating carrying              in as human beings if we don’t look

                                                     capacity, bait collecting without        at the ecological risk that we are in.”
                                                     looking at the method of collecting,





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