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Biodiversity
Management
has
given
permission
for
10
ladies
from
Dunoon
and
Joe
Slovo
to
harvest
reeds
from
the
Diep
River
Section
of
the
Table
Bay
Nature
Reserve.
The
reeds
are
used
to
weave
mats
and
baskets.
The
permission
to
harvest
comes
with
the
condition
that
the
impact
that
they
are
having
on
the
reeds
and
the
environment
is
monitored. |
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To
build
a
better
relationship
with
these
ladies,
Senior
People
and
Conservation
Officer
Elzette
Krynauw
decided
to
run
a
two
day
workshop
with
them
at
the
Table
Bay
Nature
Reserve.
These
ladies
have
never
been
in a
nature
reserve
like
the
Rietvlei
section,
and
most
of
them
don’t
even
understand
the
meaning
of a
nature
reserve.
It
is
because
of
this
that
she
feels
the
necessity
to
run
this
workshop
and
do a
bit
of
adult
environmental
education.
It
is
very
important
to
her
to
reach
out
to
these
ladies
as
they
will
teach
their
weaving
skill
to a
younger
woman/man
and
if
they
have
the
environmental
knowledge
as
well,
they
can
also
pass
this
information
onto
the
younger
generation. |
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With
sponsorship
from
the
Friends
of
Rietvlei,
the
workshop
was
held
at
the
Rietvlei
Environmental
Education
Centre
on
21
and
22
November
2012.
Elzette
reports
that
it
was
a
great
success;
the
ladies
learnt
a
lot
at
the
workshop,
but
Elzette
and
her
colleagues
also
acquired
a
lot
of
knowledge
from
the
participants. |
The
following
pages
have
pictures
of
the
ladies
learning
about
the
reserve
-
click
here
to
continue. |
