Tag: south african national parks
Public-private partnerships in national parks to boost tourism
South Africans get free access to parks for a week
South Africa’s heritage is world class
South Africa has eight World Heritage Sites, places identified by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to be of "outstanding value to humanity".
SANParks teaches conservation
Various initiatives by South African National Parks have education of the youth in mind regarding conservation and the environment. Aligned to this is its corporate social investment thrust.
• Vultures need our help
Pecking order re-established in Northern Cape
A joint conservation initiative by South African National Parks and The Endangered Wildlife Trust has successfully reintroduced red-billed oxpeckers to the Mokala National Park in the Northern Cape, after an absence of more than half a century.
• Protecting marine life with plastic
DNA kits to help combat rhino poachers
Free entry into SA national parks
South Africans visiting the country’s national parks will get in for free during National Parks Week, which kicks off on 14 September 2009.