INVITATION TO JOIN THE SAVE THE WILDCOAST CAMPAIGN

The South African Pondoland Wild coast is under threat from an extension to the multilane N2 highway, and proposals for open cast dune mining by an Australian mining company.

The Save the Wild coast Campaign (SWC) is a loose coalition of organisations and individuals who are concerned about these developments and hope to press for ecologically sensitive economic solutions for the Wild coast region.

If you would like to support the campaign, join the mailing list, or learn more about the campaign, please send an email address to gpayn@mweb.co.za .

By joining the mailing list you will receive regular updates about developments, and how you can assist (if you wish to do so).

Mission Statement

- The SWC supports any initiatives to develop environmentally sustainable, community based, environmentally sound economic activities in the region.

- The SWC supports the rerouting of the N2 away from the sensitive ‘Greenfield’s’ section of the coastline that lies between Port St Johns and Port Edward, to a less ecologically sensitive route.

- The SWC is opposed to any open cast mining proposals or other environmentally unsustainable economic activities along the Wild coast.

-The SWC calls for the declaration of the promised Pondoland Park, and that moves be taken to have the region between Port Edward and Port St Johns declared a World Heritage site, and the Wild Coast region to be given special conservation status

- SWC calls for a moratorium on any decisions about the proposed mining, the N2 toll extension and other environmentally damaging projects along the Wild Coast region until all possible alternatives are thoroughly investigated, and that any decision making processes take into account the findings of the Wild Coast Conservation and Sustainable Development Project.

Val Payn

Communications co- coordinator.

Save the Wild coast Campaign

gpayn@mweb.co.za