Revisiting The 1942 Development Plan

Aquafarming The St Lucia System

The iMfolozi Flood Plains

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The Umfolozi flood plains were reclaimed and sold to the public in 1928 to fund the British Soldiers coming back from WWI..

But that is irrelevant.. In 1718 Sedimentation build up in the St Lucia basin was identified as a reason why the Royal British Navy did not see St Lucia Estuary fit to develop as a harbour..

You see school Geography teaches us Natural Erosion.. this is where rainfall on the mountain and it slides down into the valley to create fertile farmland.. anyway..

St Lucia couldn't function naturally anymore back in 1718

Since God gave dominion over Nature to man more than 8000 years ago.. about 2000 before the Glacier that covered this area melted.. it is only fitting to continue with 1942 Development plan of turning The St Lucia Basin into the biggest man-made Marine Aquaculture in the history of mankind.

If not .. the system will choke to death.. a natural course that these systems undergo.. and become farmland..

My take on this.. a Marine system is much more important than more crops.. cheaper to develop and much more productive in green protein than any other commercial farming operation..

As a freshwater system, it has a limited life span and very little use..

As a marine system, it populates the Tugela Shelve, the sandbank running from South of Durban to Mapelane Bay just South of St Lucia Estuary.

As a marine system, it is a Nursery to 50% of all the marine species of South Africa.

As a Phytoplankton Production Facility, it keeps the only organism alive that mitigate global warming every 48 hours

We cannot turn our back on managing The St Lucia basin as a Marine System and we don't need the Umfolozi flood plain to do it.

It was already silted up in 1718.

Regards

Petrus Viviers

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PS This massive undertaking can be done through sourcing finance through the sale of beach driving permits.

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