BotSoc speaker to focus on natural habitat threats in KZN
If current rates of transformation of natural habitat are sustained in the province, there will be almost no natural habitat left outside protected areas by 2050.
BOTSOC KZN Coastal Branch invites the public to a lunch-time talk at the Durban Botanic Gardens Visitors Centre on Monday, 30 October at 12.45pm for 1pm.
Conservation challenges in KZN requires an urgent paradigm shift in conducting conservation business.
If current rates of transformation of natural habitat are sustained in the province, there will be almost no natural habitat left outside protected areas by 2050. Should the protected area network not be dramatically increased or effective incentives put in place for both private and communal land owners to conserve biodiversity, species and habitat extinctions will be unavoidable.
Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife’s principal conservation planner in the biodiversity planning division, Jenny Longmore, will introduce in this talk some of the conservation challenges being experienced in KZN, using case studies. She will stress the urgent need for a paradigm shift in conducting conservation business, if the province is to succeed in safeguarding critical biodiversity for future generations in a capitalist economy.
Entrance costs R30 for members, R40 for non-members and R20 for students, which includes tea or coffee on arrival. Pay at the door. Proceeds go to BotSoc branch funds
There is no need to book. Enquiries email botsoc-kzn@mweb.co.za or contact 031-201-5111 or on 071-869-3693.
