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	Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is South Africa's third-largest park, spanning 280 kilometres of coastline, from the Mozambican border in the north to Mapelane south of the St Lucia estuary, and made up of around 3,280 km² of pristine natural ecosystems, managed by Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife.
		At this stage the Tugela River mouth was known as St. Lucia.
		In 1822 St. Lucia was proclaimed by the British as a township.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greater_St._Lucia_Wetland_Park (429 words)

	The Greater St Lucia Wetland Park
		Besides Lake St Lucia - a unique, 38 000 ha expanse of lake, islands and estuary - the park incorporates an astonishing variety of habitats ranging from the Ubombo mountains to grasslands, forests, wetlands, mangroves and vegetated dunes, with magnificent beaches and coral reefs.
		The Greater St Lucia Wetland Park stretches along the Zululand coast from Mapelane in the south to Sodwana in the north.
		The 260 000 ha park is internationally recognised, with two parts of it registered as Wetlands of International Significance under the Ramsa Convention.
	www.places.co.za /html/stluciagwp.html (320 words)

	KZN Wildlife - The Greater St Lucia Wetland Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		KZN Wildlife - The Greater St Lucia Wetland Park
		This magnificent wetland park is the last remaining pristine subtropical area on the south-eastern coast of Africa.
		The wetland and coastal ecosystems are believed to be of universal importance because of their evolution after the fragmentation of the Gondwanaland Super-Continent.
	www.kznwildlife.com /gswp_dest.htm (199 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Park is at the southernmost end of the Maputaland Centre of Endemism (van Wyk, 1993) which extends from the Limpopo to the St Lucia estuaries, east of the Lubombo mountains.
		The Park is the main South African breeding ground for loggerhead Caretta caretta, and leatherback turtles Dermochelys coriacea, with estimated populations of 2500 and 750 females respectively.
		The Park is also habitat for major South African populations of greater and lesser flamingo Phoenicoepterus ruber, and P.minor, osprey Pandion haliaetus, Neergaard's sunbird Nectarinia bifasciata, Woodward's batis Batis fratrum, Natal nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis, flrumped button-quail Turnix hottentotta, fl coucal Centropus bengalensis and shorttailed pipit Anthus brachyurus.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wh/st_lucia.html (4120 words)

	Address at the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park Tourism Infrastructure Project Launch
		It also means that St. Lucia has been recognised as a place of global importance and that South Africa with its vast natural beauty is recognised as contributing to the cultural wealth of the world.
		For at the heart of the SDI delivery programme is the development of the Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park Authority and, with it, the tendering of lead investments.
		In this way, and also through the Greater St. Lucia Wetland Authority and investment process, we are addressing the needs of communities while at the same time demonstrating that development, growth and job creation can be combined with the conservation of bio-diversity.
	www.anc.org.za /ancdocs/history/mbeki/1999/tm1204.html (1373 words)

	St Lucia Info - Greater St Lucia Wetland Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The GSLWP is situated on the northeastern coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal, the kingdom of the Zulu, a province in the country of South Africa.
		The coastal village of St Lucia is nestled between the Indian ocean and the St Lucia estuary.
		St Lucia Estuary is one of the few areas left in Natal with healthy stands of ncema grass (Juncus kraussii).
	www.stluciainfo.co.za /attra_gslwp_a.stm (3493 words)

	St Lucia Wetlands: coastal jewel - SouthAfrica.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Greater St Lucia Wetland Park is one of the jewels of the South African coastline.
		It is South Africa's third-largest park, spanning 280 kilometres of coastline, from the Mozambican border in the north to Mapelane south of the St Lucia estuary, and made up of around 328 000 hectares of pristine natural ecosystems — including swamps, lake systems, beaches, coral reefs, wetlands, woodlands and coastal forests.
		St Lucia's wide variety of ecosystems and natural habitats provides for an astounding diversity of species in the area.
	www.southafrica.info /ess_info/sa_glance/fauna_flora/stlucia.htm (940 words)

	Lake St. Lucia, South Africa
		Lucia Lake is part of the St. Lucia estuarine system, the largest estuarine system in Africa.
		Like other estuaries, the level and salinity of the lower reaches of St. Lucia especially varies with the inflow of freshwater from several rivers and with the ebb and flow of marine tides.
		The European history of Lake St. Lucia begins in 1575, when the Portuguese explorer Manuel Peresterello landed in the area on the feast of St. Lucy.
	www.livinglakes.org /stlucia (1062 words)

	The Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Situated in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, the coastal village of St Lucia is the gateway to the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, incorporating Mkuzi (a Big 5 reserve), Sodwana Bay (a world famous scuba diving destination) and Kosi Bay (a natural paradise).
		Lake St Lucia, the largest estuarine water body in Africa, can be explored by means of a boat safari, bringing the visitors into close proximity with hippo lazing in the waters and crocodiles basking in the sun on the estuary's banks.
		St Lucia is reached by road from the north or south via the N2 highway in Kwa-Zulu Natal.
	www.wetlands.co.za (504 words)

	St. Lucia. St. Lucia Central Reservations. The Greater St.Lucia Wetland Park. South Africa. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The name St. Lucia to international tourists is synonymous with the Caribbean Island, jewel of the Lesser Antilles, notwithstanding that the name St. Lucia is associated with communities from Europe to Mexico, South America to Australia, and the Philippines to Africa, KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa in fact.
		Dune forests, grassy plains, swamps, flood marshes, wetlands and mangrove forests this bio-diversity is all within hiking distance from the center of St. Lucia town.
		As the Island of St. Lucia is unique with it's endemic St. Lucia parrot, the Greater St. Lucia Wetland Area has the Igwala-gwala, believed to be the bird of fertility in the Zulu culture.
	www.travelstlucia.co.za (336 words)

	World Heritage Sites - St Lucia Estuary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		St Lucia Estuary is one of the tourism focal points of the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, a recently declared World Heritage Site.
		The Park comprises a number of conservation areas, the oldest of which is the St Lucia Game Reserve, established in 1895.
		St Lucia Estuary is the gateway to the Eastern Shores of Lake St Lucia.
	www.southafrica.net /heritage/heritage_places/stlucia_1.cfm (564 words)

	World Heritage Site \| Zululand KwaZulu Natal \| Makakatana Bay Lodge
		Lake St. Lucia is the largest marine lake in Africa and is connected by the sea in the South by 21 km of winding channels called the Wetland Narrows.
		It is estimated that over a hundred different species of fish utilize the St Lucia estuary as a nursery, but use the sea as the maternity ward or spawning area.
		The goal of the Conservation Park Authority is to re-habilitate the park and re-introduce animals that used to occur in this region.
	www.makakatana.co.za /heritage.htm (851 words)

	St.Lucia Wetland Park South Africa accommodation b&b self catering and dinner bed & breakfast - Seasands Lodge and ...
		Lucia is ideal for a stopover for visitors driving between Kruger National Park and Kwa-Zulu Natal OR for those starting their journey in Cape Town and driving northwards to the Kruger Park.
		Lucia is known as the gateway to the Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park and therefore ideally positioned as an accommodation base for further exploration.
		Lucia South Africa is the ideal accommodation stop-over on your journey to or from the famous Kruger National Park.
	www.seasands.co.za (1068 words)

	St Lucia's R432m tourism boost - SouthAfrica.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, the jewel of South Africa's north-eastern coastline, is set for R432-million in development which will create thousands of jobs and make the World Heritage Site one of the country's premier eco-tourism destinations.
		This has included the reintroduction onto the shores of Lake St Lucia of the oldest, fastest and largest land mammals - the rhino, cheetah and elephant - which now live alongside the oldest and largest sea mammals, whales and turtles.
		Moosa said the investments will conform to strict international guidelines designed to preserve the biological diversity of the St Lucia Wetland Park, and the developers will be obliged to conduct environmental impact assessments at their sites.
	www.southafrica.info /doing_business/investment/stlucia-cash.htm (447 words)

	St Lucia Info - Greater St Lucia Wetland Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Park comprises the last remaining sub-tropical area containing its original diverse components of wild plants and animals on the south-eastern coast of Africa, and one of the last remaining in the world.
		St Lucia was first known as the River of the sand of Gold (the Tugela mouth)– a name given by the survivors of the Portuguese ship Saint Benedict in 1554.
		On 1 December 1942 F/Lt SJ Woods was sent to St Lucia to establish a new advance base on the Eastern Shores of the lake.
	www.stluciainfo.co.za /attra_gslwp.stm (5436 words)

	Home Page for The Elephantcoast Guest House
		Lucia Estuary, the town, is the southern most entrance to the St. Lucia Wetlands system.
		Lucia is well situated to act as a hub to the amenities of the Elephant Coast.
		Lucia is a Bird watcher's paradise with over 500 species amongst the coastal dune forest and wetlands.
	www.elephantcoastbnb.co.za (186 words)

	In the Spotlight-St. Lucia
		Lake St Lucia is a huge shallow estuary system; the largest salt-water body in Africa.
		The interplay of the park's environmental heterogeneity with major floods and coastal storms and a transitional geographic location between sub-tropical and tropical Africa has resulted in exceptional species diversity and on-going speciation.
		The Greater St Lucia Wetland Park added a living fossil to its record of marine species last year when three living coelacanths were discovered in a submarine canyon off the coast near Sodwana Bay.
	www.iucn.org /themes/wcpa/newsbulletins/news/StLucia.html (329 words)

	Greater St Lucia Wetland Park - South Africa
		The Greater St. Lucia Wetland area, Africa’s oldest nature reserve and a World Heritage Site is the largest estuarine system in Africa.
		The history of St. Lucia begins in 1575, when the Portuguese explorer Manuel Peresterello landed in the area on the feast of St. Lucy.
		With coordination by the Wilderness Foundation, local, national, and international conservation organisations are working with the park authority of KwaZulu and Natal to replace the 150 jobs that would have been generated by the mining project.
	www.phinda.com /attractions/st_lucia.aspx (530 words)

	The Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park of South Africa
		It is considered South Africa's third largest park and extends from Mapelane (Cape St. Lucia) in the South to Kozi Bay in the North.
		The park is situated in the southern end of the Mozambique coastal plain near the towns of St Lucia, Mtubatuba, Hluhluwe, Mkuze, Mbaswana and Manguzi.
		The Park is already a fast-growing premier tourism destination and offers a wide range of tourist activities that range from fishing, boating and birdwatching, to scuba-diving, hiking and camping as well as offering outstanding photographic opportunities to the amateur and professional alike.
	www.ecotravel.co.za /The_Greater_St_Lucia_Wetland_Park.htm (273 words)

	EO Newsroom: New Images - St. Lucia Estuary, South Africa
		The Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park is a United Nations World Heritage Site located on the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa near the borders with Mozambique and Swaziland.
		The park encompasses several different conservation areas (marked with yellow lines) centered on Lake St. Lucia, its tidal estuary, neighboring game reserves, and the St. Lucia Marine Reserve, which extends offshore into the Mozambique Strait (image right).
		Like many tidal estuaries, Greater St. Lucia has diverse wildlife reflecting the concentration of diverse ecosystems created by variations in the degree of salinity from season to season, year to year, and location to location within the park.
	earthobservatory.nasa.gov /Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16722 (515 words)

	B&B Accommodation in St. Lucia South Africa Kwa Zulu Natal, B&B places to stay offering overnight accommodation in St. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Lucia South Africa - in The Greater St.
		Lake St. Lucia is the largest estuarine system in Africa and supports more animal species than the Kruger National Park or the Okavango Delta.
		Lucia in South Africa - Sun, Sand, Sea and Safari all in one.
	www.stluciasouthafrica.co.za (598 words)

	KZN Wildlife - Lakes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Natural lakes in KwaZulu-Natal are confined to the north-east coastal plain and all of the water bodies large enough to warrant this description are contained within the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park.
		Landscapes are outstanding and the geomorphological processes by which they are formed are believed to be of universal importance given their evolution subsequent to the fragmentation of the Gondwana super-continent.
		The Greater St Lucia area has a long history of conservation, dating back as far as 1895 when the first reserves were created along the shores of St Lucia.
	www.rhino.org.za /lakes_dest.htm (303 words)

	Accommodation St Lucia \| St Lucia Accommodation, 19 Accommodation Establishments in St Lucia
		St Lucia Accommodation in St Lucia, Zululand, Elephant Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park, South Africa
		Accommodation on the banks of Lake St Lucia with abundant birdlife, tranquil and private braai facilities.
		Lucia has been incorporated into the Elephant coast where world famous big 5 game reserves are but an half hour drive away.
	www.safarinow.com /Destinations/St-Lucia?skin=437 (793 words)

	World Heritage Sites in the Kingdom of the Zulu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		At the heart of the Park is a complex system of estuarine and freshwater lakes with Lake St Lucia dominating these being the largest, freshwater lake in southern Africa.
		The Greater St Lucia Wetland park is one of the few untouched natural areas in the world and currently forms part of a tri-national eco-tourism project, the Lubombo Spatial Development Initiative, involving the countries of South Africa, Mozambique and Swaziland.
		Greater St Lucia Wetland Park Authority (031) 304 4303
	www.kzn.org.za /kzn/131.xml (1312 words)

	Peace Parks Foundation
		Peace Parks Foundation facilitates the establishment of transfrontier conservation areas, thereby supporting sustainable economic development, the conservation of biodiversity and regional peace and stability.
		Peace in Mozambique and the fall of the apartheid regime created the opportunity for a follow-up meeting between Dr Rupert and President Chissano in 1996, where it was agreed that the time was ripe to realise their dream.
		Peace Parks Foundation was therefore established on 1 February 1997 with an initial grant of R1,2 million (US$ 260,000) from the Rupert Nature Foundation to facilitate the establishment of TFCAs in southern Africa as a first area of focus.
	www.peaceparks.org (503 words)

	St. Lucia
		Situated in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, the coastal village of St Lucia is the gateway to
		The Greater St Lucia Wetland Park is a registered member of the Ramsar Convention and is a
		St Lucia is reached by road from the
	www.stlucia.co.za (440 words)

	St Lucia
		The St Lucia enclave within the World Heritage Site presents the entire range of accommodation options - from back-packer to ultra- luxury - and while the approach from Mtubatuba is breathtaking, nothing compares to views of the surrounding magic from the village itself.
		Mission Rock is a popular outdoor picnic spot some 15 kms north of St Lucia village.
		Most of the B&B's in St Lucia will arrange activities for their guests.
	www.south-africa-tours.com /st-lucia.html (175 words)

	Accommodation Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park \| Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park Accommodation, 19 Accommodation ...
		Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park Accommodation, 19 Accommodation Establishments in Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park
		Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park Accommodation - 19 Accommodation Establishments in Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park South Africa
		Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park Accommodation in St Lucia, Zululand, Elephant Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park, South Africa
	www.safarinow.com /destinations/Greater-St.-Lucia-Wetland-Park (818 words)

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