African Wildlife & Environment Issue 74

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Chad swimming the Midmar Mile. Supported by Bruce Acutt

What else have we learnt through this project? • Education and citizen science tools help us understand our rivers and streams • Clean rivers clean themselves better than polluted rivers! • For every percentage of pollution in the water it can cost up to ten times more to clean it for human use. • Everyone lives downstream • We are privileged to be part of a small yet powerful movement for mobilizing change

DUCT is the Dusi-uMngeni Conservation Trust, an NGO that does an enormous amount to clean and heal our rivers.

Dr Jim Taylor Director: Environmental Education WESSA jimtaylor835@gmail.com

ADVENTUR E A WORLD O F in our own backyard

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