MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
ANNOUNCES COMMUNITY BENEFICIATION PROJECTS TO MARK WORLD WILDLIFE DAY 2015 AT
SKUKUZA
The
Department of Environmental Affairs and South African National Parks (SANParks)
will celebrate the 2nd World Wildlife Day celebration to be
held at Skukuza in the Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, on 3 March 2015.
The
United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 3 March, the day of the adoption of
the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and
Flora (CITES), as World Wildlife Day to celebrate and raise awareness of the
world’s wild fauna and flora.
The
theme for World Wildlife Day 2015 is Wildlife Crime is serious: let’s
get serious about wildlife crime” to highlight the positive role that
local communities can play in helping to curb illegal wildlife trade. The
theme is complemented by the sub themes: “Wildlife and sustainable tourism”
and “The role of local communities in conservation”.
The
Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Mrs Edna Molewa, and the CEO of
SANParks, Mr Fundisile Mketeni, will announce community beneficiation projects
as part of the effort to reduce rhino poaching during the event. More than 1
000 local community members and school children from villages bordering the
Kruger National Park are expected to be in attendance.
You
are invited to accompany the Department to the Kruger National Park on 2 March
2015 in order to cover the event on 3 March 2015 for your
publication/medium. The programme includes a field visit to the carcass
of a rhino that was poached, an anti-poaching demonstration by SANParks
anti-poaching unit members, and a formal programme where Minister Molewa will
deliver the keynote address.
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