Western Cape’s Berg River Estuary receives international recognition
Over the weekend the Western Cape government and CapeNature launched the Berg Estuary in Velddrift as an official Ramsar site, and unveiled a Ramsar signboard.
This gave the wetland national and international
recognition as a site of ecological importance with improved conservation
action.
This was particularly significant as Local Government,
Environmental Affairs and Development Planning MEC Anton Bredell previously
said the Western Cape had already lost almost 50% of its wetland areas so
therefore it was imperative that a “whole society approach” be taken to restore
and protect wetland areas.
CapeNature chief executive officer Razeena Omar said: “The
Berg Estuary, which was declared under the Convention on Wetlands of
International Importance earlier this year, forms one of only four estuaries on
the West Coast of Southern Africa.”
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