WILDERNESS NEWS - Rivers do not just carry water, they carry life, says Pam Booth, highly respected environmentalist.

Booth will be giving a talk in Wilderness on Wednesday 10 November about the state and future of water catchment and supply throughout the Southern Cape coastal area. 

Our water supply depends on rivers which in turn depend on rain. But what impact will the predicted decreases in rainfall have, and the associated increases in high-intensity rainfall events? 

Where will the climate-driven extreme weather events leave us, the people relying on the river catchments? What does ‘ecological infrastructure’ mean and who is investing in it?

These are some of the questions Booth will be exploring on the night.

Her career path has taken her from University of Cape Town (2000 honours degree in Environmental Science) to work that combines alien vegetation, catchment management, and ecological infrastructure, to the present where she serves as the manager of Environmental Management at Knysna Municipality.

Arranged by the Wilderness Ratepayers and Residents Association (WRRA), the talk will start at 18:00 for 18:30 at the Wilderness Hotel. The entrance fee is R10 for WRRA members and R20 for non-members.

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