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iSimangaliso World Heritage Site is in danger, scientists warn

Estuary could become freshwater wetland within 10 years

Hippos wander from the St Lucia wetlands into town. Archive photo: Barry Christianson

The Lake St Lucia estuary in the iSimangaliso World Heritage Site is about to undergo an “ecosystem flip” into a freshwater wetland, a leading scientist has warned.
Professor Alan Whitfield, Emeritus Chief Scientist at the National Research Foundation’s South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, said on Wednesday this would mean marine fish would die off in the estuary.
He said this could mean a much simpler ecosystem, which might not warrant the status of a world heritage site.

In the next decade, the Lake St Lucia estuary in the iSimangaliso World Heritage Site could become a freshwater wetland and the marine fish will die, scientists have warned…

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