At the close of 2018, a delegation of journalists and writers travelled to the Western Cape to view the work the WWF-SA Nedbank Green Trust is supporting with landowners and communities in the [...]

The rationale behind the Flower Valley Conservation Trust (FVCT) is straight-forward: “… if we pick all the fynbos this year, there will be no fynbos to pick in the future” (Van Deventer et al, 2015).

The world is divided into six floral kingdoms, according to the plant types occurring in each given region. The smallest and richest of these is the Cape Floral Kingdom, found only in the [...]

On our second day, the Haarwegskloof Renosterveld Reserve and its Research and Visitor Centre were on the agenda. It was an overcast day, and we travelled with the promise of rain in the air. The [...]

Local beekeeping is currently faced with a range of challenges, including adverse weather conditions and the rapid decline in bee numbers worldwide – which is a global concern seeing as bees [...]

By Mandi Krebs (left), Associate at Hogan Lovells, South Africa Following the recent landmark decision of the South African Constitutional Court, in which the private and personal use of cannabis [...]

In this country, soil erosion is a crucial concern (Le Roux & Smith, 2014), and so I was particularly interested to view the ORCT’s work in this regard. A deep gully was visible in the [...]

The aim of the Overberg Renosterveld Conservation Trust (ORCT)’s efforts is to improve habitat condition and increase ecosystem resilience. When you are looking after nature, it looks after [...]

The handbook for farmers, The Overberg Rûens Renosterveld, has the following words in bold: “Your patch is not a single piece of veld, but it is part of a critical network of one of the [...]

We arrived at the river where Lynch addressed us on the surprising find: Heuningnes redfin minnow living in watercourses that seemed unsuitable for indigenous fish. The fish are a critically [...]