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Author archive for: Overberg Renosterveld Conservation Trust
Notes on a Cape Town Botanist, Zoë Poulsen
Zoë Poulsen is one of the first PhD students to build collaboration between the OLCT and the University of Cape Town (UCT), working with Dr...
An abundance of conservation awards
This week (21st October 2014) during a South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) event in Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Cape Town, our Dr Odette...
Latest news now available
The latest newsletter of the Overberg Lowlands Conservation Trust (OLCT) is now available. First-ever Renosterveld Research & Visitor Centre launched, Visitors to the veld at Haarwegskloof and Black Harriers breeding at Haarwegskloof are some of our recent stories.
Renosterveld – a Virgin’s Perspective
As some of you may know, I have recently joint the Overberg Lowland Conservation Trust as a freelance consultant to help Odette with a wide range of jobs and duties.
Our news is spreading…
Two of our respected fellow conservation organisations have shared our posts on their blogs: Fauna and Flora International and Africa Geographic!
Moraeas!
Renosterveld is known (or at least should be known) as the richest bulb kingdom in the world - this means that more bulb species occur in the Overberg renosterveld than any other area on Earth of the same size.
Visitor & Research Centre in renosterveld
We are running a crowd-funding campaign to raise money for the first-ever Visitor & Research Centre in renosterveld. The campaign starts on the 23rd March and will run for 40 days.
Latest OLCT News Update
Latest Overberg Lowlands Conservation Trust News Update. Spring surveys, Animals in renosterveld, Extending our knowledge on distributions of rare and threatened plants and more...
History Being Made
After six years of work and collaboration between the OLCT and the World Wildlife Foundation, the farm, Haarwegskloof, has been purchased and thus preserved into perpetuity. Just a few weeks ago the contract was signed declaring the OLCT managers of the property. This area of the Overberg (north of De Hoop) has been identified by many different surveys as an area of high conservation priority due to its high botanical diversity,