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Good Morning All,
Very, very exciting news:
You are invited to the Big Friends Group Event (BFG) to be held at Rondevlei Saturday 4th August
Co-hosts: WESSA Western Cape and Zeekoeivlei/Rondevlei Friends Group
Topic: URBAN CONSERVATION
Presenters:
- Dalton Gibbs – Urban Conservation
- Petro Botha – Introducing eland as veld management
- Anthony Roberts – Environment educational initiatives in Cape Town
- Bernelle Verster – Rethinking our relationship with the ‘wild’
Optional:
8 to 9 am guided bird walk. (Arrival 7.30 am)
* Please state if you will attend the guided bird walk *
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Full Event Costs: R50 . 00
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RSVP: wessawesterncapemembers@gmail.com or 074 101 1927
RSVP by the 1st August. Note that attendee numbers are limited and it will be handled on a first come, first booked basis.
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Detailed PROGRAMME FOR THE DAY
7:30 Arrival for optional 8 am guided bird walk
8:00 Walks begin
9:00 Registration, refreshments
9:30 Proceedings begin. Welcome by Phil McLean of WESSA Western Cape Members Committee and Chair of Friends of Liesbeek Friends Group
9:35 PETA BROM, Animal Demography Unit, UCT OBSERVING WILDLIFE IN SMALL SCALE URBAN HABITATS: Peta will call for volunteers to participate in her PhD Project
9:45 DALTON GIBBS, Founding member of CTEET (Cape Town Environmental Education Trust) URBAN CONSERVATION: Techniques, approaches, considerations required for sustaining natural biodiversity in an urban setting
10:30 Break for refreshments
11:00 PETRO BOTHA, Manager Gantouw Project INTRODUCING ELAND AS A VELD MANAGEMENT TOOL TO CONSERVE ENDANGERED STRANDVELD IN URBAN RESERVES: A pilot study at the Rondevlei section of the False Bay Nature Reserve
11:45 Short break
12:00 ANTHONY ROBERTS, CEO of CTEET, EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE WESTERN CAPE, CAPE TOWN IN PARTICULUAR
12:30 Short break
12:35 BERNELLE VERSTER, Bioprocess engineer, IndieBio RETHINKING OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH ‘THE WILD’
13:00 Light Vegetarian Lunch/Networking
Be a Friend and RSVP asap.