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  1. Development

    ... two are located within the Pondoland Centre of Endemism (PCE: an internationally acclaimed Biodiversity Hotspot) between Port St Johns and Port Edward. The northern perimeter of the PCE, the Xolobeni region, is threatened by strip-mining for its heavy titanium ...

    Jeff Brown - 28/05/2021 - 06:54 - 2 comments

  2. Wild Coast History

    ... two are located within the Pondoland Centre of Endemism (PCE: an internationally acclaimed Biodiversity Hotspot) between Port St Johns and Port Edward. The northern perimeter of the PCE, the Xolobeni region, is threatened by strip-mining for its heavy titanium ...

    Jeff Brown - 27/05/2021 - 20:20 - 2 comments

  3. N2 Toll Road: Government Oblivious to Issues

    ... section that runs through the Pondoland Centre of Endemism (PCE) that is contentious, and that the narrow margins of the road reserve mean it is only 16% of the natural environment of the PCE that will be disturbed. It sounds good and well, but a critical look ...

    Jeff Brown - 22/05/2018 - 18:41 - 4 comments

  4. The Wild Coast

    ... fragile biosphere. However the continued existence of the PCE does, without a doubt, depend on it not doing so. The existing roads to ...

    Jeff Brown - 25/09/2017 - 07:29 - 5 comments

  5. N2 Toll road decision

    ... raised against the N2 carving through the endangered PCE. I'll respond to the rest of your comments in more depth when I have the ...

    Jeff Brown - 26/10/2016 - 11:58 - 4 comments

  6. Petition against the destruction of the Pondoland Center of Endemism

    ... disruption that the proposed N2 will bring to the PCE. These include upgrading existing local roads, and re-planning so that the ... ‘Greenfields’ section of the N2 runs outside of the PCE.  (Val Payn - SWC) A road alone will not bring 'development'. Only ...

    Jeff Brown - 16/10/2016 - 12:23 - 0 comments

  7. DEADLINE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS N2 TOLL ROAD

    ... Upgrading existing routes or routing the N2 out of the PCE will still provide the same regional socio -economic benefits without the accompanying risk of environmental degradation to the PCE which the proposed route risks. The proposed route through the ...

    Jeff Brown - 16/10/2016 - 11:14 - 0 comments

  8. Transkei gladiolus

    ... representative from the Pondoland Centre of Plant Endemism (PCE), located in a small area between the Mzimvubu River, near Port St Johns, ...

    Jeff Brown - 10/10/2016 - 13:15 - 0 comments

  9. One step nearer for N2 Wild Coast road

    ... NO to the toll road through the PCE! I have no objections to the toll road running ... destroying 16% of the Pondoland Centre of Endemism (PCE) - an internationally recognized, but tiny, biodiversity hotspot. The ...

    Jeff Brown - 15/09/2016 - 12:15 - 1 comment

  10. The road to hell is paved with good intentions?

    ... Port Edward will bisect the Pondoland Centre of Endemism (PCE) sections of the proposed Wild Coast/Pondoland National Park. The ...

    Jeff Brown - 15/09/2016 - 12:15 - 0 comments