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ARZA Supports DUCT's Mayday for Rivers Walk

For 29 days from Mayday seven ramblers from the Duzi-Umngeni Conservation Trust are walking from the source at Umngeni Vlei in the Midlands to Blue Lagoon in Durban, a distance of more than 180km. Along the way they will visit local schools, community organizations and traditional leaders to raise awareness about the current challenge to protect the Umngeni's water quality and sensitive ecosystems. ARZA National Team members will join the walk for two days in the river's upper catchment, to support DUCT in saying that river care is everyone's responsibility. We invite all ARZA Friends to "join" the walk via the internet as a "follower" of Nikki Brighton's blog (find details here), to pray for the DUCT Team's safety and publicity endeavors, or to ramble for real by contacting DUCT at www.duct.org.za and arranging to join the walkers on their final day's programme into Umngeni Mouth in Durban.

Deadline for ARZA's National Director Post extended: 15 May 2012

Details about ARZA's part time National Director post can be found here (application/msword, 70.7 kB, info)

Groot Marico Biosphere Reserve Update

Download original map here (application/pdf, 880.7 kB, info)

A Rocha South Africa is co-operating with a growing range of agencies, community organizations and the Northwest Provincial Conservation Department to create sustainable livelihoods along the Groot Marico River. The Marico is one of the last rivers in the subcontinent which is potable from source to the point at which it enters Botswana. It is Botswana's second most important river for national water supply. Steve Weaver, ARZA's Director for Conservation Science is working with EWT, local farmers, municipalities and provincial authorities to register a Biosphere Reserve in what will become a UNESCO trans-frontier conservation area. Please pray for Steve and the GM River Catchment working group's work to register this new reserve by Summer 2012.