Transcript Mopani Gate Alien Plants 2010

MOPANI DISTRICT
BOKE HIGH SCHOOL
THE IMPACT OF INVASIVE ALIEN
PLANTS ON OUR WATER SYSTEM
DATE: 28 Sep– 01 October 2010
VENUE: M. J. GATE
PRESENTER: BALOYI M.M.
1. Location
Two rivers, Letlhabana and Kgomong, &
Thapane Dam.
2. What are the IAP’s?
Plants which do not belong.
3. How they crossed natural
boundaries.
Floods
Tourists
4. Structure of IAP’s.
Stem
Leaves
Tissue
Roots.
5.Participants
3 Educators, Learners Grades 8 – 11 &
Some Community members
6. Some of the IAP’s around
the school
Agave sisalana, guava, lantana.
Guava
7. THE IMPACT OF IAP’s ON
WATER SYSTEM:.
Ground water
Atmospheric
Water
Surface Water
Impact:
Boreholes ,Tap water & Irrigation
8. 2009 Sustainability
Formal education to learners.
Educating the community
informally (churches, youth
gatherings, tribal meetings )
Inviting working for water people
to workshop & train the
community on control and safety
measures.
8.1.Formal education
Classroom
Field
Integration: Agricultural, Life & Social Sciences
8.2.Community Awareness
Church
Youth
8.2. Community Continues
Tribal Meetings
9. Progress
Before(IAPs)
School Garden &
Parking Bay
Conversation with working for water personnel
10. Challenges.
Reluctant to remove IAPs
11. WAY FORWARD
Working for Water to intervene in
controlling the IAPs.
Continue to disseminate the
information about the IAPs with the
targets above.
Extension of spreading the gospel
to the neighbouring villages.
Participation of WfW people in
some community workshops.
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