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Western Cape Wetlands Forum 1 WESTERN CAPE WETLANDS FORUM c/o WESSA, 31 The Sanctuary, Kirstenhof, 7945 Tel: 021 701 1397; Fax: 021 701 1399; e-mail: [email protected] MINUTES: Quarterly Forum Meeting Date: 3 September 2014 at 13h30 Venue: St Andrew's Church, Glencairn No Item 1 Welcome, apologies and introductions The Acting Chairman (Natalie Newman) opened the meeting by welcoming everyone. Attendances/apologies were reported and recorded. 2 Minutes of the previous meeting Liz Wheeler proposed and Rupert Bromley seconded approval of the minutes of the meeting held on 11 June 2014. The meeting accepted the minutes. 3 Matters arising from the minutes No matters were raised. 4 Announcements The National Wetlands Indaba will be held from 20-24 October 2014 with Mark Rountree, Kate Snaddon, Shaddai Daniel, Heidi Nieuwoudt and Natalie Newman as the Western Cape representatives. Mark Rountree will report on the WCWF and Heidi Nieuwoudt will report on the Working for Wetlands projects. The WCWF Steering Committee is still looking for a Treasurer who does not have to have a financial background to join its meetings to balance the bank account. The Forum is also looking for a qualified accountant to sign off the account at the end of the financial year on 31 March. The Forum has R1 491 in its account. 4.1 Map of developments affecting wetlands: Kate Snaddon The database for the map will record which wetlands in the Western Cape were affected by development or activities around them. The City of Cape Town has provided information on a Google Earth file on wetlands within its limits affected by developments. Forum members are invited to provide Kate with information on the name of the wetland or erf number or address, the member's name, the activity affecting the wetland and if it’s part of the process such as an EIA or basic assessment, either: on a piece of paper on an Excel spreadsheet Western Cape Wetlands Forum minutes 3 September 2014 2 No Item as a Google Earth file The map will be displayed at each quarterly Forum meeting. This will be useful to members working in the field who could see wetland activities at the push of a button and ultimately give the Forum a feel of how many wetlands were being affected by development. The developments are defined as involving EIA processes and water use licence applications and could be housing, mining, filling in wetlands; the database will not record smaller activities such as those by Friends groups. Mitigation measures for creating artificial wetlands will be recorded. 4.2 Conservation and rehabilitation: Heidi Nieuwoudt The activities for the next quarter of the Peninsula Project and Working for Wetlands are where the City of Cape Town's Invasive Species Unit will be the implementer. Areas include the revegetation of the Dreyersdal area, alien clearing at the Baden Powell intersection and moving the nursery from Edith Stevens Nature Reserve to Westlake. 5 Friends' Groups activities 5.1 GEESE: Cilla Bromley There is an opportunity to buy the Glencairn Hotel complex – which has been on the market for several years – and slowly turn it into an ecohotel with bed and breakfast or self-catering and study facilities and laboratories. The International Wildfowl Trust is enthusiastic about the idea, as is Phoebe Barnard from SANBI. The advantages are having public transport very close, a wetland, the river, the beach, tidal pools – all of which can be used to teach children. GEESE has until 24 September 2014 to put a proposal together. 5.2 Sun Valley Ecowatch: Paul Kilfoil, Karen Gray-Kilfoil, Kit de Jong amd Alan Rainnie The Ecowatch began in early 2013 with a discovery walk. It is concerned with the area bounded by Ou Kaapse Weg and Kommetjie Road. Its vegetation is mainly Hangklip Sand Fynbos with some patches of Peninsula Granite Fynbos, and it is infested with alien vegetation, mostly Brazilian Pepper. There are two vleis and the water quality is good. An informal setllement has established itself along the southern edge and the Chapman's Bay Estate on the western edge of the wetlands has started with 145 houses sold as waterfront properties. The developers want to incorporate Venus Vlei because the eastern property cuts through its middle. Developments here will be monitored. Two green wardens funded by the City of Cape Town's Environmental Department's EWP. Along with members of the Ecowatch they remove aliens, litter and graffiti and thin out typha. The Ecowatch wants to extend existing paths, expand public open space and encourage recreational use through bike rides, walking and running. 5.3 Friends of the Liesbeek: Nick Fordyce The Observatory section is where the biggest project work was done. The river was separated from the wetland by a series of berms. In 2012 the site was abandoned and infested by lots of aliens such as purple loosestrife; homeless people were onging issue; and residents were not using the area. The team planted shrubs and tress, cleared aliens, and encouraged people to use it by providing a series of pathways with woodchips from SANParks. The berms were excavated to open up the wetland, and flood attenuation was a positive result. Illegal harvesting of arum lilies was a problem. The work had meant 2014 seeing a record number of leopard toads, as well as many kinds of snakes. 5.4 Friends of Kenilworth Racecourse Conservation Area: Rob Slater The racecourse was established 1882 and has a high heritage value. The area of 52 ha very fragmented surrounded by urban development has no major projects involving wetlands. The Cape Flats Sand Fynbos grows on a low nutrient soil. There are 300 plant species of which two are endemic; 84 bird species; microfrogs which are critically endangered and the Cape platanna that may be a hybrid; and grysbok. The 16 seasonal wetlands dry up from July to October before which the water table 1.9m below surface. The Kader Asmal team clears aliens periodically. The Friends group has held successful talks, conducted chameleon and frog walks that bring in funds, held educational programmes almost weekly. The alien clearing and litter cleanups take Western Cape Wetlands Forum minutes 3 September 2014 3 No Item place daily. 5.5 Friends of Kirstenhof Wetland: Jean Fillis The Kirstenhof Green Belt is situated along the Westlake River. It’s divided into two sections separated by a road. The lower section has large grassed areas, a play park, and a duck pond with a water source independent of the river. The upper section silted up and the CoCT's Stormwater Department diverted the river to prevent flooding. This caused deepening of the river channel which had to be slowed down by gabion weirs. Drying up of the area resulted in alien invasion by Port Jackson willows and stinkbean. The Friends group was formed in 2009. The CoCT agreed to start a clearing programme to start eradicating the aline vegetation. With the help of Wetland Solutions, the Friends started a large WESSA garden along the river and one year later a small garden and planted donated trees. Both are flourishing. To encourage dog walkers, poo bag dispensers were installed and immediately vandalised. The replacements were inverted milk jugs. The Rowland and Lita Hill Trust granted R30 000 to assist with alien clearing and planting indigenous species. A small group of volunteers prune and weed the gardens. Once a year the Kader Asmal team clear the river, cutting typha for better river flow, and remove cannas. Poor water quality results from Pollsmoor Prison sewage problems. The integrity of the duck pond has been compromised by parrot's feather but a biocontrol agent is clearing it. The leopard toads use the river and wetlands for breeding so work is suspended from July to December. Sightings of porcupine and otter have been reported. 5.6 Khayelitsha Wetland Park and the Kuils River Catchment Management Forum: Thabang Ngcozela The Kuils River is some 30km long, rising in the Durbanville Hills. It is joined by the Bottelary River with treated water added from the Bellville Waste Water Treatment Works. It passes through Khayelitsha and joins the Eerste River before flowing into the ocean at Macassar. The Forum started in March 2011 to coordinate, manage and protect rivers and wetlands. The Wetland Park has many stakeholders including the Environmental Monitoring Group, the Department of Water Affairs, and the Coalition for Environmental Justice as well as a group of women from Macassar. The main negative impacts on the wetland are effluents from the local Waste Water Treatment Plant and agricultural pesticides and herbicides. Issues to be resolved are replacing the bucket toilet system, providing and improving water supply and drainage services so that contaminated water doesn't reach the wetland via the stormwater system, and stopping domestic sand mining. Unless proper housing is provided, the state of the wetland will not improve. Positive impacts are higher quality water, recreation facilties, food production (including fishing), space for spiritual groups and biodiversity of animals and plants. Benefits of wetlands include: Supply of good quality water Purification of biodegradable wastes Recreation and aesthetic opportunities Food production (farming) Flood attenuation and regulation Biodiversity Other benefit are cleansing, fishing, harvesting plants and medicine, and providing a bird habitat. Current activities implemented on a voluntary basis are: the Implementation Plan compiled by Department of Water & Sanitation and KCF, training in health and safety, first aid, snake awareness. Other activities include litter clearing, educational workshops, environmental awareness, World Wetland Day event, alien clearing, and wetland development. Ongoing deliverables are: the proposed rezoning and development of the Khayelitsha Wetland Park; upgrading the Bellville Wastewater Treatment Works; including the Catchment Management Agencies as part of the Forum; and facilitating the Environmental Educational Programme including training; and internal coordination of the KCF.
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