Cradle Conservancy

WHY FORM A CONSERVANCY?

TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT


* Monitoring of river and catchment pollution
* Aiding the authorities in being a “watchdog” and reporting to them instances of illegal dumping, poaching, barkstripping and illegal harvesting of indigenous plants
* Invasive alien plant eradication and problem plant control
* Education and awareness campaigns
* Monitoring of waste disposal sites
* Input into environmental impact assessment processes
* Reporting bad agricultural practices
* Indigenous landscaping in your district
* Waste recycling and reduction campaigns in your community
* Identification and monitoring of rare and endangered species
* Reducing industrial pollutants
* Community upliftment projects by finding ecologically and economically viable solutions to issues within previously disadvantaged communities

TO IMPROVE THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT TO ENCOURAGE WILDLIFE BACK

* Use and encourage others to plant more indigenous vegetation in their gardens and other more formal landscapes
* Lobby road and rail authorities to remove invasive vegetation along rail and road verges and centre meridians and plant indigenous instead
* Lobby local councils to leave or establish indigenous areas within public parks
* Eliminate toxic air, ground and aquatic emissions
* Encourage your community and local council to set aside greenbelts so as to insure free movement of wildlife
* Avoid fencing over rivers
* Conserving natural wetlands






CURRENT THREATS TO THE CRADLE AREA


* PWV 8 Route Realignment  - link
* Acid Mine Drainage - link
* Urban Sprawl
* High Density Developments
* Mining & Industrialisation
* Security

















FORMING THE CRADLE CONSERVANCY

INITIATION

A public meeting was held on 22nd June 2019 with interested individuals and parties

Structure of COHWHS Ass as umbrella organisation with area nodes proposed

ESTABLISH COMMITTEE

Volunteers and nominations received on 22nd June 2019

A date for the new committee to meet and draft a constitution to be set

Presentation  available below

CREATE CONSTITUTION

Submit constitution to Conservation Officer Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (GDARD)


Proposed area maps below

MONITOR & ENHANCE

Establish operating and collaboration procedures with existing conservancies and other entities

Possible future projects

Minutes available below

COHWHS Association
Cradle Conservancy
Kickoff Presentation
(1.53 Mb PDF)
22 June 2019

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COHWHS Association
CradleConservancy
Kickoff Minutes
(453 Kb PDF)
22 June 2019

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COHWHS Association Cradle Conservancy
Nodal Map
(155 Kb JPEG)
22 June 2019

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COHWHS Association Cradle Conservancy
Google Map
(416 Kb JPEG)
22 June 2019

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