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Intensive operation on cards to save SA's top estuary
Published: 1 June 2009
Authors: van Vuuren L
Abstract
Estuaries Ill-informed decisions of the past coupled with the worst drought experienced in recent history is threatening to choke the life from Lake St Lucia on the KwaZulu-Natal coast. Now internationallyfunded investigations are underway to ensure the longevity of one the of world’s most important estuaries. Lani van Vuuren reports. Intensive operation on cards to save sA’s top estuary The lower Mfolozi floodplain. This is what much of the area would have looked like before being drained and cultivated for sugar.
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