Riverbed cycle challenge in Kgalagadi

[Flutterby]

Brilliant RP!!

[Mel]

You might not have enjoyed it, but you were on a roll!

[H. erectus]

Holy Moly, just hope he will not shed and lose hair!!

OMW, to think a pink baboon???

[Wolf Avni]

It also has to be noted that the zoning in the current Park Management Plan for Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park has made provision for activities of this nature. The zonation along the riverbed is zoned for low to medium intensity motorized access. In addition to this properly controlled tourism activities, are permitted in the riverbed.

It also has to be noted that the zoning in the current Park Management Plan for Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park has been done entirely at the whim of SANParks, without consulting anybody else. So whoopee....

this is the only part of Glenn Phillips response that I would waste any energy replying to. I would suggest that SANparks claim in this regard is based on a very loose interpretation of both the zonation maps (which clearly delineate the usage zone as being the road north of NOSSOB, and NOT the riverbed (which diverges from the road in a number of places), and secondly the blurring of lines between the provision made for "activities of this nature" and the prioritising of the 'activities' over the due diligence of ordinary but proper environmental impact assessment even when the activities might be in conflict with the core mandate of "protecting nature since 1926". i would argue that proper exercise of their core mandate would require of them implementation of the precautionary principle in favour of environmental issues at the least possibility of environment negatives.

For the rest it's all just corporate geek-speak, which is exactly the way any corporation would manage the PR debacle that stemmed from a bad corporate decision... and certainly nothing substantial in the tap dance worth getting tits in a tangle over. These 2 points however are fundamental, and in my opinion, if push came to shove this would be the fundamental issue in a legal challenge. I'm guessing SANparks execs would not relish being forced to defend their cycle tour against these issues in a definitive forum, hence their willingness to change the format of the cycle challenge voluntarily, rather than face the very real possibility of swallowing a formal legal loss of face. that would have been a major blow to credibility on a global platform rather than merely on these very minor parochial platforms on remote corners of the www.

[annie]

Oh dear. The SANParks Forum has just been locked once again, with the comment: "It would seem that all has been said so this topic will now be locked until more information becomes available." All has been said? I think not. Thankfully, this forum and my website discussion at http://ow.ly/fl6OR are not locked, if anyone wishes to express an opinion. Also, if the SP Forum is locked, how are we to continue to press for responses to those questions we have asked and which are still valid? You'd think they'd learn from the first time they locked the forum that it doesn't stifle debate. Eish!

[Penga Ndlovu]

That is standard Ostrich practise for SP Annie

[Flutterby]

if the SP Forum is locked, how are we to continue to press for responses to those questions we have asked and which are still valid?

That's the whole point annie...they don't want to respond!!

[Bushcraft]

That's the whole point annie...they don't want to respond!!

Correct

[Peter Betts]

Oh dear. The SANParks Forum has just been locked once again, with the comment: "It would seem that all has been said so this topic will now be locked until more information becomes available." All has been said? I think not. Thankfully, this forum and my website discussion at http://ow.ly/fl6OR are not locked, if anyone wishes to express an opinion. Also, if the SP Forum is locked, how are we to continue to press for responses to those questions we have asked and which are still valid? You'd think they'd learn from the first time they locked the forum that it doesn't stifle debate. Eish!

What is the name of the self important person who LOCKED this now that arch locker DuQues no longer has the keys to lock OUR country's info from us

[Peter Betts]

So the race looks like its going on the roads in the South of the Park?? Am I correct...Sorry Jesse dearest ...Thats not good enough...the closest this garbage idea must come to Kgalagadi is Upington where spectators can participate and earnings MULTIPLIED 100 plus fold...People dont get it Rooiputs is just as sensitive as grootkolk...Back to the drawing board idiots and do it properly OUTSIDE the Park got it Good Stuff