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Posted by: Saving Water SA (Cape Town, South Africa) – partnered with Water Rhapsody conservation systems – 11 August 2010 A criminal investigation is under way by the Department of Environmental Affairs to determine whether Coal of Africa (CoAL)is involved in any illegal activities in Limpopo in terms of violating environmental laws or not. [...] Posted by: Saving Water SA (Cape Town, South Africa) – partnered with Water Rhapsody conservation systems – 02 August 2010 The cultural arm of the United Nations, Unesco, on Saturday established new World Heritage sites in Sri Lanka and Hawaii, while adding an existing natural heritage site in Tanzania to the world’s list of cultural treasures.  The Ngorongoro Conservation Area contains fossil evidence of nearly 4 million years of human evolution Meeting in Brasilia, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) voted to make Sri Lanka’s central highlands a natural heritage site. The high-altitude region is considered a super biodiversity hotspot. The Papahanaumokuakea island chain of tiny islands and atolls, stretching nearly 2 000km north-west of the main Hawaiian Islands of the US, was declared both a natural and cultural heritage site. The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument is one of the world’s largest marine protected areas, while the region is considered to be the origin of life in native Hawaiian beliefs. Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Conservation Area, which has been on the list of natural treasures since 1979, was added to the cultural heritage list, too. Including the world-famous Serengeti National Park and Olduvai Gorge, scene of some of the most important finds in pre-human anthropology, Ngorongoro holds an “extraordinary record of human evolution,” Unesco’s World Heritage Committee said. Continue reading New heritage sites inscribed by World Heritage Committee Posted by: Saving Water SA (Cape Town, South Africa) - partnered with Water Rhapsody conservation systems – 18 April 2010 A massive study is under way to investigate the impact of toxic acid mine water and other dangerous sources of pollution to the world-famous Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site.  Australopithecus sediba was discovered two years ago. It is here where the nearly two million-year-old hominid skeleton, Australopithecus sediba, was discovered two years ago, and unveiled to global wonder last week. But in recent years, several scientists have slammed authorities for failing to protect ancient hominid fossils, including the Sterkfontein Caves. These are made of dolomite rock and vulnerable to acidic water from historic mining operations on the West Rand. Peter Mills, the acting director of research and planning at the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, told the Saturday Star the management authority had commissioned the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and the Council for Geosciences “to understand the flow of water through the Cradle”. As gold mines on the West Rand have ceased operating, the water table has returned to pre-mining levels, bringing with it a rising tide of toxic water, characterised by heavy metals and radioactive uranium, as well as high levels of sulphates. Since 2002, more than 15 million litres of this acidic water has been decanting daily and flowing into the Tweelopie- spruit, through the Krugersdorp Game Reserve, into the Blaauwbankspruit which feeds into the Cradle of Humankind. Continue reading Acid mine water threatens Cradle of Humankind Posted by: Saving Water SA (Cape Town, South Africa) - partnered with Water Rhapsody conservation systems – 12 March 2010 Millions of litres of highly toxic and acidic water will flow out of Johannesburg’s mines and swamp the city over the next two years, causing structural damage to buildings and severely affecting residents’ health.  Johannesburg. Toxic water will eat away at the city's steel foundations Scientists predict that if drastic steps are not immediately taken to plug disused mine shafts and pump out the acid mine drainage, the poisonous water will flow into rivers and low-lying areas in the country’s most populous city at a rate of up to 70 megalitres a day – as much as 1400 average-sized swimming pools. A joint report of the departments of water affairs, mineral resources and environmental affairs, dated March 2009, was commissioned by water affairs director-general Pam Yako after concerns raised by activist group Federation for a Sustainable Environment. It says the grave acid mine drainage situation in Gauteng: - Poses a potentially “catastrophic” threat to Johannesburg residents. The toxic water will eat away at steel in the foundations of buildings in the city; Mariette Liefferink, chief executive of the Federation for a Sustainable Environment, said long-term exposure to drinking water contaminated with acid mine drainage leads to increased rates of cancer, decreased brain function, and skin lesions. Scientists say the toxic water will wreak havoc with the city’s water supply and affect farming along the Vaal River. Continue reading Toxic minerals and acids at dangerous level Posted by: Saving Water SA (Cape Town, South Africa) - partnered with Water Rhapsody conservation systems – 25 February 2010 The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is appalled at a state-owned mining company application to prospect on a number of landmark wine farms in the Cape Town and Stellenbosch municipal areas. This is the latest example of a proliferation of poorly regulated prospecting activities within highly threatened yet unique biodiversity hotspots. “The Cape Floral Kingdom – the world’s smallest and most diverse plant kingdom – is an international conservation priority with World Heritage status. Within this region the most threatened habitat is the renosterveld, of which less than 4% remains. The Tygerberg and Bottelary Hills contain some of the last remnants of this vegetation and it is here that African Exploration Mining and Finance Corporation wishes to mine,” says Inge Kotze, Project Coordinator of WWF’s Biodiversity & Wine Initiative. “The South African wine industry enjoys global recognition as a forerunner in merging conservation efforts and sound environmental practices with wine production. Nationally, this industry is the first to collectively recognise and support the conservation of highly endangered habitats while adopting environmentally responsible farming practices within their production.” “It is tragically ironic that an application to decimate biodiversity in a global biodiversity hotspot would be put forward during the International Year of Biodiversity. This is also the year in which we proudly showcase the natural splendour of the Cape Winelands to the world during the World Cup in an effort to promote wine tourism as one of the fastest growing economic drivers within the Western Cape” said Kotze. Continue reading WWF appalled at plans to mine in endangered area |
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