Speaker, I move without notice on behalf of the ACDP:
That the House -
1) acknowledges that October is International Marine Month;
2) further acknowledges that Africa's first - and largest - transfrontier marine conservation area has been established, connecting iSimangaliso Wetland Park, one of South Africa's world heritage sites, with Mozambique's first marine conservancy, the Ponta do Ouro;
3) notes that this creates a vast protected marine area covering 300km of unbroken coastline and near pristine beaches, from St Lucia in the south to Mozambique's Maputo Special Reserve;
4) further notes that this reserve protects an important feeding area for turtle, dugong and migratory birds including the flamingo, and the highest latitude coral reefs in the world; and 5) congratulates the Ponta do Ouro/Kosi Bay Transfrontier Conservation Task Team and South African and Mozambican environment ministries and other private entities involved in establishing the park.
Agreed to.