SOUTH AFRICA AND MOZAMBIQUE TO
SIGN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING IN THE FIELD OF BIODIVERSITY, CONSERVATION AND
MANAGEMENT
By BRIAN KAJENGO
The Minister of
Water and Environmental Affairs, Mrs B E E Molewa, and the Mozambican Minister
of Tourism, Mr Carvalho Muária,
will sign a Memorandum of Understanding in the field of Biodiversity, Conservation
and Management at Skukuza in the Kruger
National Park on 17 April
2014.
Mozambique is
regarded as a priority country for South Africa
within the SADC region and South Africa
recognizes the need for engaging with Mozambique on wildlife management.
This is particularly with respect to addressing the scourge of rhino poaching
within the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park (GLTP), as escalating incidences of
poaching have become a major challenge within the GLTP to rhino populations.
A bilateral
meeting took place on 14 June 2013 in Maputo,
Mozambique,
between Minister Molewa and Minister Muária during which the requirement of
a government-to-government MOU
on Cooperation in the field of Biodiversity, Conservation and Management was
acknowledged.
Media invited to
accompany the Department of Environmental Affairs to the Kruger National Park
on 16 April 2014 in order to cover the event on 17 April 2014 for your
publication.
The official signing
takes place on 17 April 2014, and media travelling from outside Mpumalanga expected to
arrive on 16 April 2014 as the programme scheduled to start at 10am.
The programme
includes a keynote address by Minister Molewa, the signing of the Memorandum of
Understanding and a media conference.
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