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Maloti-Drakensberg TFCA
Bergwatch: Its activities and accomplishments
11 October 2005
By 1991 it was evident that an organisation committed to mountain wilderness needed to be formed to provide a handbrake to the sometimes injudicious development of the Drakensberg foothills. A group of concerned individuals and organisations became motivated to create a watchdog NGO that was christened Bergwatch.
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Row over hotels on top of the Berg
02 Oct 2005
PLANS to build a cableway and hotels on top of the Drakensberg have stalled because environmental groups have protested against the development.
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Making ecotourism accessible and sustainable
05 Aug 2005
Jeff Gaisford of Ezemvelo Wildlife believes the proposed Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier National Park will encourage and enhance the ecosystems and biodiversity of the area while also promoting sustained income and awareness among the people...
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Lesotho is part of world’s heritage
03 Mar 2005
The Maloti-Drakensburg Transfrontier Project (MDTP) felt it was time to protect heritage places in its operational districts. The sites to be protected are those found in Mokhotlong, Butha Buthe, Qacha's Nek and Leribe...
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Maloti-Drakensberg TFCA: Status update
05 Aug 2002
The Maloti-Drakensberg TFCA was blessed with probably one of the best winter months since 1981. Although we sympathize with farmers in both Lesotho and South Africa who lost some animals to the cold,...
