Being Green

In Being Green this week, Glynis Crook speaks to Dr Judy Mann, a conservation strategist at the South African Association for Marine Biological Research’s Oceanographic Research Institute, about oil giant Shell's plan to carry out a seismic survey off the Wild Coast in a search for oil and gas deposits. Marine activists and scientists have been up in arms over the issue saying it will have a negative impact on marine life in the area. The survey is due to get underway on 1 December some 20km off the coast of the Eastern Cape and cover over 6,000 square kilometres of ocean surface. Activists are calling on South Africans to boycott Shell service stations over the peak holiday travel season in December in a bid to get them to step down.