In recognition of World Environment Day (June 5), Addo Elephant National Park, near Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) in the Eastern Cape, is making big improvements to mitigate its impact on the environment.
In recent months, various solar-powered projects have been commissioned throughout the park and a biofiltration system is recycling up to 80% of its busiest camp’s grey water.
The park’s 17 largest boreholes have been converted from diesel generators to solar. These boreholes supply drinking water to animals at waterholes and also service a number of staff homes across most of its 160 000ha.
Whereas the diesel generators were noisy, emitted carbon emissions, and were labour- and fuel-intensive in that they needed staff to…
