Acknowledgements

This project has been carried out with financial support from the European Union under grant Contract: EuropeAid/ENV/2004-81917. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.

Project Partners

The South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)

Wetlands International (WI)

The united Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)

Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente (ITC)

IUCN Regional Office for Southern and Eastern Africa (IUCN ESARO)

IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Co-operation

Other donors / co-financiers:

IUCN Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)

IUCN Netherlands Committee

The United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)

MAVA Foundation pour la nature (MAVA)

Spanish Agency for International Cooperation Development (AECID)

Ministrie von Buitenlandse Zaken/Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS)

South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)

The South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)

Wetlands International (WI)