This pilot project, initiated in 2018, focuses on restoring the Goukou catchment system which is largely located on private land […]
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CAPE Landscape Initiatives Knowledge Exchange: What can we learn from the past to inform the future?
The Cape Action for People and the Environment (CAPE) Landscape Initiatives held a learning exchange in Arniston on 27 and […]
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Partners forge ahead with efforts to secure important water source area
The South African National Biodiversity Institute has successfully convened a number of partners to consolidate gains made in investing in […]
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Pioneering conservation easements in the Overberg
South Africa has been at the forefront of finding innovative ways to protect biodiversity rich landscapes that are privately owned. […]
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The rediscovery of the extinct Psoralea cataracta after 200 years
Brian Du Preez, a PhD candidate in Botany at the University of Cape Town (UCT), rediscovered a type of fountain […]
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Supporting a water secure Overberg
Is the Overberg’s water secure? That has been a consistent theme for the Agulhas Biodiversity Initiative (ABI) over the past […]
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South Africa’s 2018 National Biodiversity Assessment
The National Biodiversity Assessment (NBA) was released on 3 October 2019 by the Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, Ms […]
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Forestry value based tool presented at SW4SW 2019
The South African Forestry Assurance Scheme (SAFAS) values based tool was presented at the ‘Sustainable Wood for a Sustainable World’ […]
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Voted ‘most memorable’ BLU Quarterly Planning Meeting
The week of 11 to 14 November 2019 has been described as one of the best Quarterly Planning Meetings (QPM) […]
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Addendum to support municipalities to integrate biodiversity into LUS
The Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act (no 16 of 2013) came into effect in June 2015. One of […]
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Making the case for investing in municipal ecological infrastructure
What does the Ehlanzeni District Municipality in Mpumalanga, the uMgungundlovu District Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, and the Cape Winelands District Municipality […]
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Stewardship community sharpens skills to implement stewardship on communal land
Over the last few months two capacity building sessions were provided to the Biodiversity Stewardship community of practice, aimed at […]
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WCBSP available in a more accessible format
The South African National Biodiversity Institute’s (SANBI’s) Biodiversity and Land Use Project implementing partners, CapeNature and the Western Cape Department […]
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South Africa’s first dedicated Sustainable Landscape Finance Coalition launched
Globally, the financial underspend on environmental efforts is well recognised and in South Africa alone we currently face a 64% […]
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Guideline aims to ensure sustainable agricultural use
Various regulatory authorities in the biodiversity sector co-developed a biodiversity sector guidelines aimed at improving land use regulation as it […]
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