Published by Black Eagle Pub. Online site of the print magazine. Lists
article contents. On wildlife conservation, natural history. Also publishes
Africa Birds & Birding magazine. http://www.africa-geographic.com/
Directory of environment sites on Africa. From the Stanford University
Libraries. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/eco.html
Africam (North American site)
Africam (South African site)
Use the closest for fastest access. A virtual game preserve. "Live
images are captured every 30 seconds from...cameras located at two waterholes
in the Djuma Game Reserve (South Africa),
a mobile cam which is moved to areas of interest as suggested by the game
rangers and a camera at a waterhole outside Satara camp in the Kruger National
Park." Sells wildlife
videos. http://www.africam.co.za/
Directory of environmental sites from the South African search engine
Ananzi. http://www.ananzi.co.za/catalog/ScienceandEnvironment/Environment/index.html
Has links to vegetation/forest maps of Africa, South Africa, and other
African countries. Compiled by Claire Englander of the Univ. of California-Berkeley,
University & Jepson Herbaria/SMASCH Project, and Philip Hoehn from the
Stanford University Branner Earth Sciences Library and Map Collections.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/vegmaps.html
"offer services as environmental consultants." Information for
South African companies re compliance with environmental issues. Publishes
the print Eagle Bulletin, an environmental newsletter for the professions.
Access to articles requires payment but has the table of
contents of a sample issue. The Director is Arend Hoogervorst. http://www.eagleenv.co.za/
Based in South Africa (branch in Namibia), environmental issues such as
toxic waste dumping in South Africa, air polllution, nuclear reactors, gill
nets, the Nigerian Ogoni struggle, animals rights, flouridation. Has a mailing
list for news on the environment in South Africa. http://www.earthlife.org.za/
"...a private, non-profit, ...focussing on the empowerment of African
people and institutions operating in the areas of environmental management
and sustainable development." Has many full
text publications and links to related sites. http://easd.org.za/
Directory for the landscaping industry, includes waste management, has
a "green industry product list, services offered, articles of note,
the industries consultants, employment opportunities within the industry,
links to institutes and magazines" http://www.gisa.co.za/
Full text reports, articles from Groundwork,
their newsletter. Includes activities of Royal Dutch Shell in Africa, a
directory of media contacts in South Africa, fact sheets on environmental
issues. Based in Pietermaritzburg. [KF] http://www.groundwork.org.za/
"The Kruger National Park boasts the world's greatest concentration
of species and is the largest game reserve in the Republic of South Africa."
Tour information, history, cultural heritage sites (rock art, Thulamela),
wildlife photographs, etc. http://www.krugerpark.co.za
Krugmann, Hartmut - Water Research Fund for Southern Africa
(WARFSA)
"LubomboMapping provides access to spatial data-sets
for the Lubombo region which can be viewed and analysed using basic GIS
functions." LSDI "is a regional co-operation between the governments
of South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique and is aimed
at accelerating development, particularly with regard to agriculture and
tourism within an area covering southern Mozambique, eastern Swaziland and
north-eastern KwaZulu-Natal." Has GIS data-sets for community, environment,
malaria, tourism, and on-line issues of Wetlands Wire, Official
Newsletter of the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park Authority. Based in Pietermaritzburg.
[KF] http://www.lubombomapping.org.za/
Panos (London) and LEAD, Leadership
for Environment & Development have published a joint report, which explores
what six countries have achieved in sustainable development since the
1992 Earth Summit in Rio. The countries...are: India, Japan, South
Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and the United States. "...each country
has enacted an array of new mainly environmental legislation, but has
largely failed to go the extra mile to integrate environmental protection
with development. Most of the countries being reviewed, moreover, do
not appear convinced by the concept of sustainable development." http://www.panos.org.uk/environment/roads_to_the_summit_cover.htm
Project based in Clarement, South Africa to "record the geographical
location of Proteas throughout southern Africa for the benefit of Conservation,
Rural Communities, Farmers, Reserve Managers, Tourism, the Cut Flower Trade
and Botany." http://www.nbi.ac.za/protea/default.htm
Has a map showing the South
African Provinces. Click on the Province map and find a list of places:
cities, towns, villages, the day's weather, and the URL
of the relevant tourism board. Click on a city name and
find facts about the city. Find distances
between towns, find national parks and reserves, eco-regions
for South Africa, the border posts by road for neighboring countries , hotels,
etc. [KF] http://www.routes.co.za/index/index.html
"...is a technical co-operation network between
countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to promote
and sustain realistic self-reliance in biosystematic services, particularly
for invertebrates and other micro-organisms". http://www.natmus.cul.na/safrinet.ht
Site for the NGO sector in South Africa. Has an NGO directory, PRODDER. Provides Website Design, Hosting, Database Design for civil society organizations. Offers internet training, information communication technology (ICT) strategic planning, linux local area networks setup. Based in Johannesburg. http://sangonet.org.za/
Speeches, press releases, full text policy documents, white papers, regulations,
National Waste Management Strategy and Action Plans, the Gaza-Kruger-Gonarezhou
Transfrontier Park, U.N. World
Summit 2002 in Johannesburg, State
of the Environment reports, the National Environmental Management Act
(NEMA), etc. http://www.environment.gov.za/
Has the National State of the Environment Report overview, environment
reports for Cape Metropolitan Area, Durban Metropolitan Area, Johannesburg
Metropolitan Area, Pretoria Metropolitan Area. Has the full text of "Vegetation
of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. A companion to the Vegetation
Map of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland." Edited by A Barrie Low
and A (Tony) G Robelo. An ArcInfo version of the vegetation map will be
online.http://www.ngo.grida.no/soesa/
Alot of information, has the full text (and a summary in Xhosa) of Towards
a New Environment Policy for South Africa, a discussion document instrumental
in developing South Africa's new environmental policies. Also has policy
documents on biodiversity, water law, sanitation and information on the
environmental policy dialogue in South Africa. SAEP is a non-profit with
offices in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. Page maintained by Norton Tennille.
http://www.oneworld.org/saep/
"a non-profit Environmental Trust, ...to support sustainable development
in Southern Africa through promoting the effective and efficient use of
Environmental Assessment as a planning tool." Has the full
text of the book, "Environmental
Impact Assessment in Southern Africa" compiled by Peter
Tarr, with country reports for Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius,
Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia.
Zimbabwe. [KF] http://www.saiea.com/
Includes full text articles on grasslands, timber plantations,
birds and tree plantations, Has a discussion
list, SAWAC, on "the looming ecological / resource crisis. There
is a strong focus on the negative impact of alien tree plantations on
the Southern African environment. Project supported by the Wildlife
and Environment society of S.A. http://www.sawac.co.za/
University of Cape Town. Avian Demography Unit - The
Treasure Oil Spill. Effects on the Wildlife of Table Bay and
Particularly on the Endangered African Penguin
Articles, a diary, photographs, maps on the rescue of African penguins
after the oil tanker, Treasure which sank off Cape Town June 23, 2000. http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/stats/adu/oilspill/index.htm
"an autonomous member of the World Wide Fund For Nature which it
represents in South Africa." News on conservation and environmental
work in the region, community based conservation, environmental education
and sustainable development. [KF] http://www.panda.org.za
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