The Western Cape Umbrella Association For Conservation of Private Land
The Western Cape Umbrella Association For Conservation of Private Land
As a member of Conservation at Work, The Groenlandberg Conservancy participated in a free training session on 5 December 2013. Conservation at Work received funding from the Table Mountain Fund to offer environmental training for our members. Enviro Wildfire Services offered the first of a series of Fire training sessions to the Groenlandberg Conservancy members at the Paul Cluver Family Estate, in preparation for the coning fire season.
Conservation at Work in collaboration with CapeNature, Jobs 4 Carbon, Table Mountain Fund, Western Cape Department of Agriculture, Landcare, Rooiberg Breede River Conservancy, and VanWyksdorp Development Institute (VDI) hosted a successful Landowners Day investigating the practical implementation of erosion control measures in the field. The Jobs 4 Carbon project launched in 2014 and has a remarkable impact on the lives of the local community creating 60 jobs while restoring degraded veld in the Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve by planting spekboom, clearing alien invasive species and preventing soil erosion through ponding. A total of 312702 spekboom plants were planted between 2018-2023 as part of the restoration of degraded spekboom thicket.
