African Wildlife and Environment Issue 65

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Editorial

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WESSA contacts

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Letters to the editor

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Good reads

Conservation 8

Why should we be fighting to save the PHA? 10 Saving our diversity is our responsibility 14 Failure of the EIA process: Sani Pass experience 18 Separating fact from fiction: Water Quality in rivers Destinations 22 Grassland, thornveld and forests in the uMngeni Valley 28 A place in the shade: Twinstreams Envirobytes 32 Benguela Current ecosystem health under the microscope Fauna, Flora & Wildlife 34 Reserve boundaries under pressure 38 Following predators 40 Meeting the needs of garden birds 44 The mystical yellowwood 48 Recovering the Nile crocodile population Environmental Education 50 Sustainability commons and other innovations 56 WESSA Eco-Schools still going strong Birding 60 The vivacious Southern Carmine Bee-eater 64 Vultures have a helping hand with Vulpro Mpumalanga MEC approves the declaration of the Greater Lakenvlei Protected Environment 33 Jobs fund project makes history with simultaneous graduation of 119 field rangers

Page 14 Sani Pass

Page 22 uMngeni Valley

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Page 44 The Yellowwood

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Cover photo : uMngeni Valley © John Wesson