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City Regeneration and the Making of an Urban Experience
1 CHAPTER ONE: Mapping Thoughts and Establishing Direction 2 INTRODUCTION A whole history remains to be written of spaces – which would at the same time be the history of powers – from the great strategies of geopolitics to the little tactics of the habitat - Michel Foucault, 1980 as cited in Rotenberg 1995:1 The link between space making and power that Michel Foucault emphasises, underpins the significance of the Nelson Mandela Bridge’s (MNB) as an emblem for Johannesburg’s inner city regeneration1. This anthropological research looks at the NMB’s geo-historical, political and symbolic references and its position in the heart of the inner city; a project after apartheid bearing the name of Nelson Mandela to launch the city as a “world-class African [one]” 2. This investigation into the meanings of the NMB reflects on Johannesburg’s changing social dynamics by outlining selected experiences in the inner city during apartheid as a way to make sense of everyday expectations and experiences in the city’s downtown today. The meanings of the project are located in the juxtaposition of ordinary people’s expectations after apartheid with local, regional and national economic interests that combine with private enterprise to promote the city globally. I am interested in everyday responses to the project from people who live and trade informally in the inner city. This research looks at the arbitrariness of the project’s inception, its progressive planning and now also the contradictions inherent in its branding and official marketing. It is argued that the latter reflects the elitist aspirations of the urban developers that use the project’s emblematic significance to promote the inner city locally, nationally and internationally. -
Zambezi After Breakfast, We Follow the Route of the Okavango River Into the Zambezi Where Applicable, 24Hrs Medical Evacuation Insurance Region
SOAN-CZ | Windhoek to Kasane | Scheduled Guided Tour Day 1 | Tuesday 16 ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK 30 Group size Oshakati Ondangwa Departing Windhoek we travel north through extensive cattle farming areas GROUP DAY Katima Mulilo and bushland to the Etosha National Park, famous for its vast amount of Classic: 2 - 16 guests per vehicle CLASSIC TOURING SIZE FREESELL Opuwo Rundu Kasane wildlife and unique landscape. In the late afternoon, once we have reached ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK BWABWATA NATIONAL our camp located on the outside of the National Park, we have the rest of the PARK Departure details Tsumeb day at leisure. Outjo Overnight at Mokuti Etosha Lodge. Language: Bilingual - German and English Otavi Departure Days: Otjiwarongo Day 2 | Wednesday Tour Language: Bilingual DAMARALAND ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK Okahandja The day is devoted purely to the abundant wildlife found in the Etosha Departure days: TUESDAYS National Park, which surrounds a parched salt desert known as the Etosha Gobabis November 17 Pan. The park is home to 4 of the Big Five - elephant, lion, leopard and rhino. 2020 December 1, 15 WINDHOEK Swakopmund Game viewing in the park is primarily focussed around the waterholes, some January 19 of which are spring-fed and some supplied from a borehole, ideal places to February 16 Walvis Bay Rehoboth sit and watch over 114 different game species, or for an avid birder, more than March 2,16,30 340 bird species. An extensive network of roads links the over 30 water holes April 13 SOSSUSVLEI Mariental allowing visitors the opportunity of a comprehensive game viewing safari May 11, 25 throughout the park as each different area will provide various encounters. -
Encephalartos Woodii ELSA POOLEY Writes About the Mysterious Enigma Wood’S Cycad, a Plant That Is Extinct in the Wild
Encephalartos woodii ELSA POOLEY writes about the mysterious enigma Wood’s cycad, a plant that is extinct in the wild. Wood’s cycad is one of the most magnificent and rare plants of this family of ancient plants. It has been extinct in the wild for nearly a century. Only one four-stemmed male plant was ever found. It was first collected by John Medley Wood, director of the Natal Government Herbarium and leading Natal botanist. He was on a botanical expedition in Zululand in 1895, and found it when exploring Ngoye Forest (now spelt Ongoye). In 1903 several suckers Encephalartos woodii growing in Durban Botanic Gardens. photograph © Richard Boon 60 INTERNATIONAL DENDROLOGY SOCIETY TREES were collected for the Durban Botanic Gardens and for the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and a private nurseryman in the south of England. (It was described in the Gardeners’ Chronicle in 1908.) In 1907 John Wylie, an assistant to Medley Wood and curator of the Durban Botanic Gardens, collected two of the large trunks and planted them in the Durban Botanic Garden. In 1916 the last surviving stem was removed and was planted in Pretoria. All efforts to locate more plants – and female plants – in the original location have failed. However, hundreds of offshoots have been grown and distributed around the world, so the plant is known outside of South Africa. This is a distinctive species. The original plants stand about 6m tall, with a stately, erect stem which is broad and buttressed at the base. This buttressed stem, and the spreading canopy of arching leaves, even in juvenile plants, distinguishes the species. -
AFRICAN BOTANIC GARDENS NETWORK BULLETIN EDITION No
AFRICAN BOTANIC GARDENS NETWORK BULLETIN EDITION No. 10 December 2005 Contents Steering Committee Report Douglas Gibbs News of Arusha Botanic Gardens –Tanzania Chris Dalzell News from South Africa’s National Botanical Gardens Christopher Willis Development of an Ethnobotanical Garden at University of Zululand – KwaZulu Natal – South Africa Helene de Wet Cycad Crisis in Limbe Botanic Garden – Cameroon Chris Forminyam News from Osunpoly Botanic Garden – Nigeria Adeniyi A.Jayeola Medicinal Plant Mound, KhoiSan Maze & Rock Art Shelter Yvette van Wijk News from Nairobi Arboretum James Birnie Dear Members Welcome to the 2005 edition of our Bulletin. Many thanks to those of you who contributed, and expressed your interest and support – this is much appreciated. The good news is that the Steering Committee Meeting in Kenya was a great success and much was achieved and the future of the Network looks good. (Morocco) representing North African Network, African Botanic Gardens Network Christopher Dalzell, (South Africa) Secretariat and Steering Committee Report - November 2005 ABGN Coordinator, Douglas Gibbs (UK) BGCI, Mark Nicholson (Kenya) observer, Roy Gereau (U.S.A.) The Steering Committee of the African Botanic Gardens observer and Mafanny Julie Mbome (Cameroon) Network met at Brachenhurst Baptist International observer. Convention Centre, Limuru, Kenya, 28-29 November 2005. During the meeting, the Steering Committee Due to the creation of National Coordinators and reviewed activities since the 2004 Steering Committee postponement of the Assembly to 2007, minor changes Meeting, held in Barcelona, Spain. At Limuru, the to the Network Management Structure are required. Committee developed the 2006 Network Workplan and Any comments on the new Network Management Structure (see attached) should be sent to the ABGN created the new level of management by developing th position of National Coordinators to support the work of Secretariat by 30 June 2006. -
Private Governance of Protected Areas in Africa: Case Studies, Lessons Learnt and Conditions of Success
Program on African Protected Areas & Conservation (PAPACO) PAPACO study 19 Private governance of protected areas in Africa: case studies, lessons learnt and conditions of success @B. Chataigner Sue Stolton and Nigel Dudley Equilibrium Research & IIED Equilibrium Research offers practical solutions to conservation challenges, from concept, to implementation, to evaluation of impact. With partners ranging from local communities to UN agencies across the world, we explore and develop approaches to natural resource management that balance the needs of nature and people. We see biodiversity conservation as an ethical necessity, which can also support human wellbeing. We run our own portfolio of projects and offer personalised consultancy. Prepared for: IIED under contract to IUCN EARO Reproduction: This publication may be reproduced for educational or non-profit purposes without special permission, provided acknowledgement to the source is made. No use of this publication may be made for resale or any other commercial purpose without permission in writing from Equilibrium Research. Citation: Stolton, S and N Dudley (2015). Private governance of protected areas in Africa: Cases studies, lessons learnt and conditions of success. Bristol, UK, Equilibrium Research and London, UK, IIED Cover: Private conservancies in Namibia and Kenya © Equilibrium Research Contact: Equilibrium Research, 47 The Quays Cumberland Road, Spike Island Bristol, BS1 6UQ, UK Telephone: +44 [0]117-925-5393 www.equilibriumconsultants.com Page | 2 Contents 1. Executive summary -
Creative Industries and Urban Tourism: South African Perspectives
Creative Industries and Urban Tourism 149 Creative Industries and Urban Tourism: South African Perspectives Christian M. Rogerson INTRODUCTION Richards and Wilson (2006a) categorise under four major headings the mul- tiple different strategies used by cities in “developing distinction in tourism”. First, is the construction of major new landmarks or flagship developments that aim to become symbolic icons for a city’s identity (Evans, 2003). Alongside such international examples as Bilbao’s Guggerheim Museum, African illustrations would include the Nelson Mandela Bridge in Johannesburg and the proposed Mandela “Liberty” statue at Port Elizabeth harbour. Second, is the attraction of mega-events or expositions, which is now a standard strategy that many cities compete fiercely to employ (Garcia, 2004; Kurtzman, 2005; Richards and Wil- son, 2006a), including also developing world cities such as Cape Town (Padayachee, 1997; Hiller, 2000; Hall, 2004). “Thematisation” is viewed as the third basis for strategies for urban regeneration and involves cities seeking to distinguish themselves by focussing on a specific theme, such as culture, sport, arts or entertainment and marketing themselves variously as “cultural capital” or “24 hour cities” (Law, 1992, 1993; Swarbrooke, 1999, 2000; McCarthy, 2002). The final category is that of “heritage mining” through which cities attempt “to re-develop themselves through the revalorisation of cultural heritage, usually with an emphasis on the built heritage” (Richards and Wilson, 2006a). In the develop- ing world, Havana provides one of best examples of this strategy for urban tour- ism promotion (Colantonio and Potter, 2006). The success of these various different approaches towards tourism-led urban regeneration has been observed to be both spatially and temporally uneven, with some cities enjoying periods of revitalisation, which are often followed, however, by a need for further re-invention or refreshment through the development of newer tourism products. -
Red Data List Special Edition
Newsletter of the Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Volume 6 No. 3 ISSN 1027-4286 November 2001 Invasive Alien Plants Part 2 Southern Mozambique Expedition Living Plant Collections: Lowveld, Mozambique, Namibia REDSABONET NewsDATA Vol. 6 No. 3 November LIST 2001 SPECIAL EDITION153 c o n t e n t s Red Data List Features Special 157 Profile: Ezekeil Kwembeya ON OUR COVER: 158 Profile: Anthony Mapaura Ferraria schaeferi, a vulnerable 162 Red Data Lists in Southern Namibian near-endemic. 159 Tribute to Paseka Mafa (Photo: G. Owen-Smith) Africa: Past, Present, and Future 190 Proceedings of the GTI Cover Stories 169 Plant Red Data Books and Africa Regional Workshop the National Botanical 195 Herbarium Managers’ 162 Red Data List Special Institute Course 192 Invasive Alien Plants in 170 Mozambique RDL 199 11th SSC Workshop Southern Africa 209 Further Notes on South 196 Announcing the Southern 173 Gauteng Red Data Plant Africa’s Brachystegia Mozambique Expedition Policy spiciformis 202 Living Plant Collections: 175 Swaziland Flora Protection 212 African Botanic Gardens Mozambique Bill Congress for 2002 204 Living Plant Collections: 176 Lesotho’s State of 214 Index Herbariorum Update Namibia Environment Report 206 Living Plant Collections: 178 Marine Fishes: Are IUCN Lowveld, South Africa Red List Criteria Adequate? Book Reviews 179 Evaluating Data Deficient Taxa Against IUCN 223 Flowering Plants of the Criterion B Kalahari Dunes 180 Charcoal Production in 224 Water Plants of Namibia Malawi 225 Trees and Shrubs of the 183 Threatened -
Recent Discovery of Small Naturalised Populations of Melaleuca Quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T
BioInvasions Records (2015) Volume 4, Issue 1: 53–59 Open Access doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/bir.2015.4.1.09 © 2015 The Author(s). Journal compilation © 2015 REABIC Rapid Communication Recent discovery of small naturalised populations of Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T. Blake in South Africa Llewellyn E. O. Jacobs1,2,3*, Ernita van Wyk1 and John R. U. Wilson1,3 1Invasive Species Programme, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, P/Bag X7. Claremont 3357. Cape Town. South Africa 2CapeNature. Scientific Services. Private Bag X5014. Stellenbosch 7599, South Africa 3Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland 7602, South Africa E-mail: [email protected] (LJ), [email protected] (EVW), [email protected] (JW) *Corresponding author Received: 15 July 2014 / Accepted: 24 November 2014 / Published online: 3 February 2015 Handling editor: Vadim Panov Abstract The discovery of a naturalised population of Melaleuca quinquenervia in South Africa in 2009 prompted an evaluation of the species’ distribution across South Africa. We found records at seven localities in two of the nine provinces of South Africa, with naturalised populations at two sites — ~300 plants were discovered over 0.3ha in a confined-seep on a mountain slope, while at an old arboretum 12 large, planted trees and 9 naturalised trees were found. An additional herbarium record from Mozambique suggests that this global invader is present at other sites within the sub-region, and so while the extirpation of populations in South Africa is recommended and looks feasible, further work is required to determine the status and evaluate whether eradication from the sub-region as a whole is possible. -
Biodiversity in Sub-Saharan Africa and Its Islands Conservation, Management and Sustainable Use
Biodiversity in Sub-Saharan Africa and its Islands Conservation, Management and Sustainable Use Occasional Papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission No. 6 IUCN - The World Conservation Union IUCN Species Survival Commission Role of the SSC The Species Survival Commission (SSC) is IUCN's primary source of the 4. To provide advice, information, and expertise to the Secretariat of the scientific and technical information required for the maintenance of biologi- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna cal diversity through the conservation of endangered and vulnerable species and Flora (CITES) and other international agreements affecting conser- of fauna and flora, whilst recommending and promoting measures for their vation of species or biological diversity. conservation, and for the management of other species of conservation con- cern. Its objective is to mobilize action to prevent the extinction of species, 5. To carry out specific tasks on behalf of the Union, including: sub-species and discrete populations of fauna and flora, thereby not only maintaining biological diversity but improving the status of endangered and • coordination of a programme of activities for the conservation of bio- vulnerable species. logical diversity within the framework of the IUCN Conservation Programme. Objectives of the SSC • promotion of the maintenance of biological diversity by monitoring 1. To participate in the further development, promotion and implementation the status of species and populations of conservation concern. of the World Conservation Strategy; to advise on the development of IUCN's Conservation Programme; to support the implementation of the • development and review of conservation action plans and priorities Programme' and to assist in the development, screening, and monitoring for species and their populations. -
History of the African Botanic Gardens Network
History of the African Botanic Gardens Network At the 5th International Congress of Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) held at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa in September 1998, the African representatives called on the BGCI to redevelop an African focus, including an African Botanic Gardens Newsletter. This was to replace the Tropical Africa Botanic Gardens Bulletin that was initiated in 1989. This Bulletin was to be published yearly, but unfortunately only four editions appeared between 1989 and 1995. The idea of establishing an African Botanic Gardens Network (ABGN) was put forward again at the World Botanic Garden Congress held in Asheville, North Carolina, USA, in June 2000. The success of the discussions between African botanic garden representatives and Fiona Dennis of the BGCI in Asheville brought about the publication of the first issue of the new African Botanic Gardens Network Bulletin in October 2000. Prior to the Asheville meeting in June 2000, Nouhou Ndam of Limbe Botanic Garden in Cameroon had in 1995 also called for the biological institutions of Africa to form a network. In March 2001 it was agreed at the inaugural meeting of the SABONET - supported Southern African Botanical Garden Network to hold the first Congress Steering Committee meeting in Aburi Botanic Gardens, Ghana. Consequently, the follow-up meeting to the African Botanic Gardens Network inaugural meeting in Asheville was held at the Aburi Botanic Gardens, Ghana, in June 2001. Hosted by George Owusu-Afriyie (Ghana), the historic meeting was attended by representatives from Cameroon (Christopher Fominyam), South Africa (Christopher Dalzell and Christopher Willis), Theophilus Agbovie of Aburi Botanic Gardens and Fiona Dennis of BGCI. -
Work in Progress!
Work in progress! Nous travaillons encore sur ces fichiers mais nous les mettons à votre disposition afin que vous puissiez commencer votre travail de préparation. Nous les finalisons au fur et à mesure. Merci de votre compréhension Axe 1 Intergenerational relationships Vivre entre générations Axe 1 Intergenerational relationships Vivre entre générations Programme Les bouleversements démographiques amènent des modifications dans les liens intergénérationnels (vieillissement de la population, allongement du temps des études et du temps de travail). La notion de conflits des générations se trouve souvent remplacée par celle du lien intergénérationnel. Celle-ci concerne la nécessité de penser autrement les relations entre les différents âges de la vie, notamment entre les personnes âgées et les (très) jeunes. Comment sont envisagés ces liens intergénérationnels dans les sphères dont on étudie la langue ? Sur quelles traditions se fondent-ils selon les cultures ? Dans quelle mesure les rapports entre générations se trouvent-ils bousculés, sont-ils réinventés ? Les limites définissant les générations sont parfois déplacées : au « jeunisme » des anciens, pourrait être opposé le « syndrome de Peter Pan » chez de jeunes adultes nostalgiques de leur enfance. À l’inverse, des enfants se trouvent investis de responsabilités qui incombent normalement aux adultes. Comment la presse, la littérature, les séries télévisées, la publicité rendent-elles compte de toutes ces mutations – sur le mode comique, parodique ou encore en adoptant la forme du réalisme social, voire de manière factuelle à travers le reportage ? Séquence 1 : How is the Irish heritage passed on? Cette séquence illustre différents aspects de l’identité culturelle irlandaise et offre un tableau des relations intergénérationnelles et de l’évolution d’un patrimoine unique. -
Transboundary Species Project
TRANSBOUNDARY SPECIES PROJECT ROAN, SABLE AND TSESSEBE Rowan B. Martin Species Report for Roan, Sable and Tsessebe in support of The Transboundary Mammal Project of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Namibia facilitated by The Namibia Nature Foundation and World Wildlife Fund Living in a Finite Environment (LIFE) Programme Cover picture adapted from the illustrations by Clare Abbott in The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion by Reay H.N. Smithers Published by the University of Pretoria Republic of South Africa 1983 Transboundary Species Project – Background Study Roan, Sable and Tsessebe CONTENTS 1. BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ...................................... 1 a. Taxonomy ..................................................... 1 b. Physical description .............................................. 3 c. Habitat ....................................................... 6 d. Reproduction and Population Dynamics ............................. 12 e. Distribution ................................................... 14 f. Numbers ..................................................... 24 g. Behaviour .................................................... 38 h. Limiting Factors ............................................... 40 2. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE THREE SPECIES ........................... 43 a. Conservation Significance ........................................ 43 b. Economic Significance ........................................... 44 3. STAKEHOLDING ................................................. 48 a. Stakeholders .................................................