“There has been a process in place over the last two years funded under the WWF CAPE Marine Programme which has looked at developing a suite of marine related products for the Garden Route. These included a Spatial Biodiversity Plan, Socio-Economic Study and Integrated Marine Management Plan for the area between the eastern boundary of Tsitsikamma National Park and the Kaaimans Estuary. With the enactment of the Integrated Coastal Management Act it is now necessary for coastal municipalities to fulfil certain functions in accordance to the Act. Eden Municipality through Vernon Gibbs-Halls and Henry Hill have been at the forefront of ensuring that these requirements are achieved within their municipal jurisdiction. A coastal management toolkit will be compiled for all the coastal municipalities and thoroughly workshopped through a stakeholder engagement process.

Hard work and behind the scenes lobbying has finally paid of with the final announcement by the organizers of the prestigious World Corporate Challenge that the corporate golf game will  be held in George during 2010 at Fancourt and Oubaai Golf courses.  On the photo from left to right: Mr Alfonso Castro (CEO of World Corporate Challenge), Eden mayor Councillor Leon Dorfling and Mr Jose Guerra (Chairperson of World Corporate Challenge).