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Stop Prospecting for iron ore in Southern Kruger Park area: Minister of Natural Resources South Africa.
Denis G.
started this petition to
Department of Mineral Resources, South Africa, Minister Advocate Ngoako Ram
The Kruger National Park is one of the most renowned national parks in the world and home to many 1000’s of species including many on the endangered list.
Kruger National Park is home to 147 mammal species (including the iconic Big 5 (lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and African buffalo) as well as several endangered species such as African wild dog; cheetah; roan and sable antelope. In addition, there are 507 bird, 49 fish, 34 amphibian, 114 reptile, 400 tree species, 200 different types of grasses and well over 1000 species of other plants. About half of southern Africa’s known species of insects are thought to occur in Kruger, producing the slightly mind-boggling figure of some 20,000 insect species in the park
Prospecting for iron ore and coal on the Crocodile River which forms the southern Kruger Park border will be devastating to the area. Prospecting leads to mining and mining for these types of minerals is typically open-cast and very destructive, noisy, dusty and uses large amounts of water resources.
The Crocodile River will be polluted, animals will die and the local area will be devastated. More than 1 300 000 tourists visited the area in 2011 and more than 140 000 people are directly employed in the tourist industry in Mpumalanga. If the area is devastated by open-cast mining tourism will drop and 1000’s of people employed in the tourism industry will lose their jobs.
This area of natural beauty and a haven for wildlife will be lost forever!
Kruger National Park is home to 147 mammal species (including the iconic Big 5 (lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and African buffalo) as well as several endangered species such as African wild dog; cheetah; roan and sable antelope. In addition, there are 507 bird, 49 fish, 34 amphibian, 114 reptile, 400 tree species, 200 different types of grasses and well over 1000 species of other plants. About half of southern Africa’s known species of insects are thought to occur in Kruger, producing the slightly mind-boggling figure of some 20,000 insect species in the park
Prospecting for iron ore and coal on the Crocodile River which forms the southern Kruger Park border will be devastating to the area. Prospecting leads to mining and mining for these types of minerals is typically open-cast and very destructive, noisy, dusty and uses large amounts of water resources.
The Crocodile River will be polluted, animals will die and the local area will be devastated. More than 1 300 000 tourists visited the area in 2011 and more than 140 000 people are directly employed in the tourist industry in Mpumalanga. If the area is devastated by open-cast mining tourism will drop and 1000’s of people employed in the tourism industry will lose their jobs.
This area of natural beauty and a haven for wildlife will be lost forever!
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