A NEW partnership between South African National Parks (SANParks), the Mountain Zebra Camdeboo Protected Environment (MZCPE), Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT), the SANParks honorary rangers and Birdlife SA will see the creation of a project to create vulture safe zones to hopefully attract vultures back to the Central Karoo.
This comes at a perfect time as we approach International Vulture Awareness Day on Sunday, September 1.
For those who are interested in finding out how to support this initiative, Dr Gareth Tate from the EWT’s birds of prey programme will headline a special presentation on vulture safe zones in Graaff-Reinet on Wednesday, August 14, at the boardroom at the Botanics Sports Field, starting at 10:00.
The programme will include guest speaker, Cobus Theron, from the EWT drylands conservation programme, whose presentation will centre on the Karoo as the new conservation frontier, including their sustainable land management initiative, riverine rabbits and Karoo dwarf tortoises.
The presentations may be of interest to birding clubs, MZCPE landowners, local environmentalists or anyone keen to learn more about the initiative.
Anyone interested in attending may RSVP to Maryke Stern on 083 336 3066 or send an e-mail to Maryke.stern@sanparks.org.
