SOUTH AFRICAN YOUTH IN BIODIVERSITY

By -
by Vusi Tshabalala
In South Africa, June is recognized as the month where youth are celebrated through commemorating the School Uprising of June 16, 1976, which changed the course of South African history.

The K2C participated in and assisted with the facilitation of a one-week capacity building workshop hosted by the Department of Environmental Affairs in Johannesburg.

The Workshop was led by Ms Malta Qwathekana, who is South Africa's national focal point for the Convention on Biological Diversity. The event was attended by 120 young people from all 9 provinces in our country. They were from organizations such as People and Parks Youth forum, Global Youth Biodiversity Network and the South African chapter called the South African Youth Biodiversity network, SANParks People and Conservation unit as well as the the Rhino Ambassadors from Limpopo to discuss ways they can prevent the loss of biodiversity and how they can contribute in the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.


The participants were exposed to:  The international Convention on Biological Diversity, the National Biodiversity Strategy, the Global Youth Biodiversity Network and other biodiversity conservation concepts and tools. The Meeting also offered some career guidance.




Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Kukula Traditional Health Practitioners Association Bio-Cultural Community Protocols Revision Workshop & Peer-to-Peer Learning Exchange

By -
Image
Community mapping Natural Justice’s Cath Traynor together with Mina Buthelezi (SANParks BSP/K2C Data Collector & Field Assistant), and Prof. Wayne Twine (Wits University) facilitated a 3-day workshop with the Kukula Traditional Health Practitioners Association to revise their bio-cultural community protocol (BCP). The Kukula’s original BCP was finalized in 2010, and the past 6 years have seen a growth in Kukula membership, a change in their priorities plus the introduction by the South African Government of several new laws and policies which will impact the Kukula. The objectives of the workshop were to (i) finalize the BCP revision process, (ii) focused discussions concerning leveraging the revised BCP, (iii) furthering engagement around medicinal plant issues with protected areas managers, and (iv) peer-to-peer learning exchange with Ndindani Community Nursery in Phalaborwa . During the first session of the workshop the Kukula agreed on a BCP revision process, this wa
Read more

K2C to start a blogging page

By -
Image
From the 1st Dec 2013, K2C will start a regular blog posting on this page.   Various potential bloggers will be approached by K2C to submit regular blogs on their life in the K2C, their challenges and opportunities.   If you would like to contribute and be a regular blogger on the K2C blog page, please contact info@kruger2canyons.org.   If you would like to be able to follow the regular blogs, please fill in your email address in the email block below "Follow by Email"
Read more