Deputy Minister Mabudafhasi to launch oceans processes monitoring buoy system

Water and Environmental Affairs Deputy Minister, Ms Rejoice Mabudafhasi will, on Friday, 25 February 2010, launch an oceans processes monitoring buoy system at Storms River in the Tsitsikamma National Park.

The emerging impacts of climate change and other factors are making South Africa’s coastline more susceptible to natural hazards, such as storm surges. The coastline is also exposed to and threatened by pollution. It is therefore important to monitor the marine environment and provide predictions of change. To this end the department’s oceans and coasts branch has developed an oceans monitoring buoy system that monitors key oceanographic processes in the oceans.

Between 2011 and 2012 the department will deploy, along the South African coastline, a range of new equipment on and around the coast of South Africa covering the coastline, shelf waters, the deeper continental slope environment, very deep offshore regions and coastal weather systems.

Media is invited to attend the launch as follows:
Date: 25 February 2011
Venue: Tsitsikamma National Park Restaurant
Time: 11h00

For more information and to confirm attendance contact:
Zolile Nqayi
Cell: 082 898 6483
Tel: 021 819 2423
E-mail: znqayi@environment.gov.za

Peter Mbelengwa
Cell: 082 611 8197
E-mail: mbelengwap@dwa.gov.za

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