Fire Training at the Groenlandberg Conservancy
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 […]
Double Dirt Run #2
Event Date: 9th November 2013 (All day) EVENT BACKGROUND: The Western Cape is an area of global conservation significance with exceptionally high species diversity. Most areas of high conservation value lie in the hands of private landowners. Many of these landowners join conservancies to collectively take on conservation projects and to help ensure preservation of […]
Double Dirt Run Event #1
Schapenberg Sir Lowry’s Conservancy Event Date: 12th October 2013 – 7:00 am to 11:15 am EVENT BACKGROUND: The Western Cape is an area of global conservation significance with exceptionally high species diversity. Most areas of high conservation value lie in the hands of private landowners. Many of these landowners join conservancies to collectively take on […]
The Western Cape takes home the Aardvard Award for best performing Province
The Western Cape awarded for their conservation efforts With the high level of species diversity and endemism, the Western Cape is an area of high conservation importance. Most of the remaining natural areas in the Western Cape fall under private landownership. The conservation efforts of these landowners are thus of great importance. Conservancies are recommended […]
NACSSA 10th Anniversary Conference
Dusty Sunset Event Date: 13th September 2013 – 1:00 pm to 15th September 2013 – 10:00 am The National Association of Conservancies and Stewardship South Africa Annual General Meeting and conference is taking place in Cullinan in September 2013. Various speakers attending provide valuable conservation information. The conference hosted by the Gauteng Conservancy Association and […]
Fransmanshoek Conservancy
Fransmanshoek Conservancy This conservancy stretching along some beautiful coastline around Vleesbaai, was constituted in 1994. They employed their first student ranger in 2005 and they have since grown stronger and more effective every year. The conservancy was taken to a new level when they employed their first permanent employee who did excellent work and also […]
Conservation at Work Movie
Pictures talk louder than words. With this simple statement in mind, Korneel Cools and Anne du Plessis set out on a venture to try and capture a part of the essence behind Conservation at Work and why this body exists. With very limited time and budget, this story could only include interviews with a few […]
The Cape Fox Adventure Race
Are you an adventure seeker with a passion for the outdoors and can you work as part of a team? The Cape Fox Adventure race will go past various farms and landscapes in the Cape Winelands and the Overberg. Seven Western Cape conservancies will form part of the race route giving contestants insight into the […]
Case Study: How best to eradicate Spanish Reed
Treating of Spanish Reed , Arundo donax Mossie Basson from Rooiberg – Breederivier Conservancy was asked by some members if he could give some guidelines regarding the eradication of “Spaanse riet” . He thought this would also be a good time to link this with some results found during the resent Catchment Situation Assessmentthat was […]
Insect conservation on farmland
The world is a magnificent place, containing a few million species and each of these species exists with a very specific purpose. The Western Cape is a species rich area and thus conservation has high priority. With the current human population growth there is ever increasing pressure on our natural resources. Our biodiversity provide us […]
