Restoration of ecosystems is needed globally. Historically, restoration focused on the recovery of transformed areas like old agricultural lands or decommissioned mines. These would include activities to help the system regenerate and create suitable conditions for macro and micro-organisms to return and the abiotic process to ‘restart’.
Dr Francis Brooke, an ornithologist researcher, has been working with vultures between the Eastern and Western Cape provinces.
For the past 26 years, Willie Engel has worked to restore landscapes across the Overberg – irrespective of whether the land belongs to other farmers, or whether it’s his own farm.
In our Overberg renosterveld landscapes, the ORCT has adopted a number of restoration activities, funded primarily by WWF South Africa.
One year after the launch of the Veld School, and the Overberg Renosterveld Conservation Trust (ORCT) has touched the lives of 370 learners in the Overberg, showing them the importance of protecting our precious renosterveld.