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Photo taken by Jo Balmer (Instagram: @rankwephotos)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-12T20:24:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://conservatemakhanda.home.blog/2019/09/12/not-so-freshwater/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://conservatemakhanda.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_20171009_101722.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Keeping the stream and catchment clear.</image:title><image:caption>It is important to keep stream and valley catchment areas clear to maintain a continuous flow of clean water. 
Photo by Nick James</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-12T11:37:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://conservatemakhanda.home.blog/2019/09/08/bee-aware/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://conservatemakhanda.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/image5.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>A bee collects pollen in a flower</image:title><image:caption>Bees are one of the chief distributors of pollen. 
Photo by Jaimee Harris</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-09T03:43:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://conservatemakhanda.home.blog/2019/07/19/reducing-our-plastic-footprint/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://conservatemakhanda.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/post-101.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rubbish Dump Ground</image:title><image:caption>Plastic does not decompose quickly and always leaves behind chemicals and micro-plastics.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-07-22T08:27:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://conservatemakhanda.home.blog/2019/07/15/our-plastic-problem/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://conservatemakhanda.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_9957.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_9957</image:title><image:caption>Rubbish mixing with nature at the entrance to the rubbish dump</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-07-18T09:27:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://conservatemakhanda.home.blog/2019/06/05/makhandas-wildflowers/</loc><lastmod>2019-06-05T15:15:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://conservatemakhanda.home.blog/2019/04/25/reptiles-of-makhanda/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://conservatemakhanda.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/head-shot-20-august-2017.png</image:loc><image:title>A Common Brown House Snake.</image:title><image:caption>These are completely harmless to humans as they possess no venom. Photo supplied by Chad Keates.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-05-13T08:55:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://conservatemakhanda.home.blog/2019/04/16/saving-snakes-to-save-our-skin/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://conservatemakhanda.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/boomslng-in-a-tree.jpg</image:loc><image:title>boomslng in a tree</image:title><image:caption>A boomslang in its natural habitat. Photo by Chad Keates</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-05-13T08:55:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://conservatemakhanda.home.blog/2019/03/25/makhandasenviroprofile/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://conservatemakhanda.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/map-1.2.png</image:loc><image:title>Map 1.2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://conservatemakhanda.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/map-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Map 1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://conservatemakhanda.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ecape-biomeskey.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Biomes in the Makhanda region</image:title><image:caption>An representation of the diversity of biomes in the Makhanda region. 
Source: Rutherford, M.C. &amp; Mucina, Ladislav &amp; Powrie, Leslie. (2006). Biomes and bioregions of Southern Africa.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://conservatemakhanda.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/inkedbiomes-of-south-africa-lesotho-and-swaziland_li.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Biomes of South Africa Lesotho and Swaziland</image:title><image:caption>The black dot between Port Elizabeth and East London represents the approx. position of Makhanda.
Source: Rutherford, M.C. &amp; Mucina, Ladislav &amp; Powrie, Leslie. (2006). Biomes and bioregions of Southern Africa. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://conservatemakhanda.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/biomes-of-south-africa-lesotho-and-swaziland.png</image:loc><image:title>Biomes of South Africa Lesotho and Swaziland</image:title><image:caption>Found in "Biomes and Bioregions of Southern Africa" by Rutherford, M.C. &amp; Mucina, Ladislav &amp; Powrie, Leslie. (2006).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://conservatemakhanda.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/blog-pics027200319.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Albany Center of Floristic Endemism</image:title><image:caption>The Albany Center of Floristic Endemism aka the Albany Hotspot</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://conservatemakhanda.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/blog-pics023200319.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Roy Lubke</image:title><image:caption>Associate Professor Emeritus of Botany at Rhodes University and Associate and Retired  Director of Coastal and Environmental  Services, Roy Lubke.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-26T08:00:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://conservatemakhanda.home.blog/home/</loc><lastmod>2019-04-16T10:34:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://conservatemakhanda.home.blog/posts/</loc><lastmod>2019-04-16T10:22:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://conservatemakhanda.home.blog/get-in-contact/</loc><lastmod>2019-03-27T15:44:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://conservatemakhanda.home.blog</loc><changefreq>daily</changefreq><priority>1.0</priority><lastmod>2019-10-01T14:21:37+00:00</lastmod></url></urlset>
