DLIST Benguela - Newsletter No.3
http://www.dlist-benguela.org/Newsletter_No.3/
NEWSLETTER NO.3
In this edition:
Main feature
Artisanal fishing programme in
Angola
Featured partner
Urban Sprout
In the News
- New environmental resource
centre launched at CPUT
" We are the first generation with
- Have we lost our traditional
tools to understand changes in
wisdom?
the Earth's system caused by
- Earthnotes, a film festival in a
box.
human activity, and the last with
- Artisanal fishery in Henties Bay
the opportunity to influence the
- Taking lessons about
course of many of the changes
international waters home
- DLIST node moderators meet in
now rapidly under way"
Cape Town
Peter Vitousek, Stanford University 1997
Recent Discussions on DLIST
Welcome to the third edition of the DLIST newsletter. It has been a
Read discussion summaries
busy time since our last newsletter - have a look at the "News"
section to read more about the opening of an Environmental
New to the document library
Resource Centre at CPUT, as well as the recent International

Read document summaries
Waters conference in Cape Town. We also have reports from

Namibia and Angola on artisenal fishing, and feature "Urban
Website Shortcuts
Sprout" - a new online directory and community blog focussing on
- DLIST Home Page
eco friendly alternatives to products we use regularly.
- About DLIST
- Contact DLIST
Many people have asked for an update on schedules for the
Earthnotes Environmental film festival as it travels up the coast of
South Africa and Namibia - more below!
If you have any suggestions for the
next edition, or there is something
The newsletter presently goes to all registered DLIST users, as well as
you feel we ought to include,
many people who may be new to the platform. If you've never
please contact our team at
heard of DLIST, you can find out more here. We're pleased you are
admin@dlist-benguela.org.
interested enough in the sustainable management of our coast to
Consider this newsletter also your
have read this far.
tool to share information and
good ideas.
Best regards
The DLIST-benguela Team
admin@dlist-benguela.org
MAIN FEATURE
Artisanal fishing programme in Angola
Artisanal fishing is a crucial sector for Angola, providing a livelihood
and ensuring food security for a large number of people. There are
188 fishing communities along the Angolan coast and more than
5,000 inland. In 2003, the Angolan Government established the
"Artisanal Fishing Reactivation Programme" to promote both sea
and inland fisheries and encourage the creation of community
Agostinho Duarte
fishing cooperatives. In this article Agostinho Duarte presents the
Institute for Development of Artisanal
results obtained during implementation and outlines the main
Fishing and Aquaculture (IPA)
recommendations identified.
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DLIST Benguela - Newsletter No.3
http://www.dlist-benguela.org/Newsletter_No.3/
FEATURED PARTNER
Urban Sprout
We all know the earth is changing... But apart from keeping
ourselves informed, what else are WE doing to slow the detrimental
effects these threats have on us? What about biofuels, organic
foods, recycling, eco-friendly products, green architecture, ethical
consumerism, ecological footprints... all words we are familiar with,
but do we know how to use them? Well, Urban Sprout is a growing
blog-style online community, featuring daily green blogs, events
and a directory that focuses on organic and eco-friendly products.
It's the type of site that spurs one to action.
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[ find out more ]
IN THE NEWS
New environmental resource centre launched at
Have we lost our traditional wisdom?
CPUT
By Melusile Ndlovu
By Marion Davids, CPUT
Recently, an interesting topic of discussion with the
"There is hope if we empower people" ­ these were
subject "What happened to the Knowledge?"
the memorable words of the Deputy Minister of
received a lot of attention on the DLIST Discussion
Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Ms Rejoice
Forum. From "local knowledge" to "folk knowledge"
Mabudafhasi at the launch of the new Environmental
and "information base for a society", "traditional
Resource Centre (ERC) at the Cape Peninsula
wisdom" or "traditional science", there is no clear
University of Technology (CPUT). Launched on 2
definition of indigenous knowledge. It seems
August, the ERC aims to raise environmental
consensual, however, that this knowledge is not being
awareness and to contribute to a community of
transferred between people and through
practice of understanding and to send out to the
generations--and thus not being applied to improve
world environmental professionals that will have the
livelihoods and maintain a healthy link with the
requisite skills to address the 21st century
surrounding environment.
development challenges.
[ find out more ]
[ find out more ]
Artisanal fishery in Henties Bay
Earthnotes, a film festival in a box
By Martin Tjipute and Fabian Mubiana, Henties Bay
A "film festival in a box", Earthnotes started in Cape
Research Centre
Town and is now travelling from town to town along
In Namibia the majority of people in the coastal
the west coast. The worrying state of our fish stocks,
towns of Swakopmund, Walvis Bay, Henties Bay and
society's dependency on fossil fuels, water as a
Lüderitz make a living purely on fishing. Artisanal
scarce resource, our region's wetlands and marine
fishery in Henties Bay, where the unemployment rate
ecosystems, innovative solutions for overpopulated
is as high as 75%, is quite unique. The local fishermen
cities... these are some of the issues highlighted in a
obtain recreational rock and surf angling licenses to
range of environmental documentaries, both local
fish as a means of providing food and earning a small
and international, presented by DLIST. In Cape Town,
income by illegally selling their excess catch. In 2003,
where the Earthnotes box was first opened, some of
a formal fishing association, Hanganeni, was formed.
the documentaries raised lively discussion in Q&A
Daily catches are usually sold to restaurants, hotels
sessions organised after the screenings, sometimes
and individual buyers, with 60% of the income going
bringing inspiration for action.
towards members' remuneration and the remaining
40% towards the association's running costs. However,
[ find out more ]
dwindling fish stocks along the Benguela coastline
have resulted in reduced and unpredictable
Taking lessons about international waters home
catches, hampering the sustainability of Hanganeni.
By Kehiyomuti Asser Katunahange, Walvis Bay
Municipality
[ find out more ]
The GEF Fourth Biennial International Waters
Conference took place in Cape Town from 31 July to
DLIST node moderators meet in Cape Town
3 August 2007 to look at project achievements and
By Isabel Nosipho, Port Nolloth DLIST Node
lessons learned in GEF's International Waters portfolio.
On the 30th of July 2007, DLIST moderators from Port
Asser Katunahange, from the Municipality of Walvis
Nolloth, Cape Town, Lüderitz, Walvis Bay and Henties
Bay, tells us about his impressions of the conference
Bay gathered in Cape Town to meet each other,
and the lessons he will take home--and put to good
gain a better understanding of DLIST and discuss
use in his efforts to facilitate information dissemination
node activity plans. Many ideas came up to improve
to coastal communities.
DLIST's outreach, such as putting some of the
discussions on notice boards, being visible at events,
[ find out more ]
getting involved with existing forums and even
starting Ecoclubs.
[ find out more ]
RECENT DISCUSSIONS
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What Happened to the Knowledge?
DLISTers share their views on indigenous knowledge systems, the breakdown thereof and the importance of
their revival.
[ visit thread ]
Genetically Modified Foods
What is the truth behind South Africa's crops and the food that we consume? The discussion centres around
the health, environmental and economic issues associated with genetically altered crops
[ visit thread ]
Pertinent Issues along Our Coastal Areas
Community members as well as other interested and affected parties discuss the latest reports of Eskom's plans
for a nuclear power station along the Namaqualand coast and the news of a pilot site for a wind farm within
the Matzikamma Municipality.
[ visit thread ]
Environmental Consciousness through Public Participation
Public participation and environmental consciousness is certainly essential for local communities' involvement
in sustainable environmental projects on a local level. But how does one stimulate participation and
involvement when the public interest in such matters is limited?
[ visit thread ]
NEW IN THE DOCUMENT LIBRARY
Environmental Rights Afforded to Residents Affected by Mining Activities: A Case Study in Hondeklip Bay:
Dissertation
[ see details ]
Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Management with Environmental Impact Assessment
[ see details ]
Case Studies on Investment on Community Land in Southern Africa
[ see details ]
A Thousand and One Nights of Land Tenure
[ see details ]
Designating Ramsar Sites
[ see details ]
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