The KOUP Area Wide Planning Project
The KOUP Area Wide Planning Project is creating employment for 28 people, providing them with an income for up to eight months of the year, depending on the availability of funding. Since 2011, the project has created 6300 person days employment, with around 300km of fencing completed. Research has found the project to be transformative […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Cape Peninsula Mammal Atlas Project
Conservation at Work is collaborating with MammalMap Project through Robin Colyn from NCC Environmental Services. Robin is currently updating distributional data of mammals in the Cape of Good Hope as part of his Masters degree in Conservation Ecology. Conservancies will give us a vital window into mammalian distribution within these natural landscapes. The Cape Peninsula, […]
Suurbraak Grain Farmers’ Cooperative
Conservation Agriculture Award Winner A group of emerging farmers in the Suurbraak region, in the Overberg of South Africa, are practicing conservation agriculture in new and innovative ways. The results of their farming methods are showing in their higher crop yields and their improved soil fertility. What’s more, these farmers have adopted a Conservation Management […]
A new frog and new fish discovered in the Klein Swartberg Conservancy
A conservancy is an informal conservation area comprising of like-minded landowners. These landowners have recognised that in order to protect the environment in which they live, co-operation is essential. The Caledon Swartberg Conservancy is a proud custodian of a new species of frog and fish. This once again highlights the importance of conservation to ensure […]
Rare plant in Napier Mountain Conservancy
Erica recurvata was (re)discovered in the Napier Mountain Conservancy in 2007. These plants only occur in massive rocks and individual plants are speculated to be hundreds of years old. Only about 50 plants in total are known to exist. These plants grow wedged in a cleft in a huge rock which protects the plant from being […]
