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Environmental issues of Cape Town

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IN 1994 CAPETONIANS DECIDED OVER THE   USE OF TABLE MOUNTAIN PARK !

The City of Cape Town received around 2,000,000 Rand, from the European Union, to consult the population of Cape Town about their concerns on the use of the land, which the Council was about to donate to nature conservation.

These consultations enabled all the people to express their views which fed
into a final recommendation. 

The final memorandum included the need for the lower reaches of the area to continue providing, free of charge, recreational space for visitors and
all who live here. Specifically to keep the trees, indigenous and others, so that people could picnic in designated areas, walk themselves and their
dogs up to the contour path.

In March 2003 Ronnie Kasrils announced :  MTO the company which leased the harvesting rights for Tokai and Cecilia forests would retain access to the timber producing sections of the two plantations for the next 70 years. Conservation and commercial timber production would therefore co-exist on the same area, managed in an integrated and mutually beneficial manner by a single management authority.

Then after the World Bank / GEF* pledged 23 million USD, it was decided to fast forward the plan 50 years  :

Is R 45000 per year for 1000ha forest substantial ? Well, it will probably cover 2 weeks of Ms. Sonjica´s  salary.
BEE groups snap up state forests
January 26, 2005

"... when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed.

Ayn Rand - (1905-1982)