A time to P(r)ay for Ecosystem Services?
Kouga Dam (SA): It has been two years since significant rainfall has fallen in parts of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. What was being called a ‘water crisis’ is now looming as a ‘disaster’. Farmers in the usually abundant Gamtoos Valley ‘fruitbowl’ are sitting with empty fields and lack of work for labourers. Port Elizabeth residents are experiencing severe water restrictions, increased taxes and are calling for new water sources to be found. And with the region soon expecting thousands of incoming foreign visitors to celebrate this winter’s football World Cup, many in the area believe that it is seriously time to start praying…
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