One of the best management tools to ‘restore’ Renosterveld to its full potential from a biodiversity perspective is to utilise fire as a management tool when the veld age of the vegetation in a fragment has reached a moribund state (where it typically lacks vigour) due to the high woody component of the vegetation.
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Our Easement Programme, Watercourse Restoration Project and other exciting Overberg Renosterveld news.
Win some, lose some
As transformed landscapes go, the southern Cape’s Overberg is up there at the top of the list, its natural renosterveld vegetation replaced by vast expanses of pasture and crops. It’s not all bad news for birds, but there’s not much good news either.
Floral variation in Nerine humilis: A pollinator explanation
Nerine humilis was introduced to me by Bruce Anderson following a field trip with John Manning in the Southern Cape. The inspiration for this trip followed the discovery of a very unusual form of Nerine humilis with exceptionally long filaments and styles on the foothills of the Langeberg mountains near Suurbraak.
Feeding back to Farmers: The ORCT’s ‘Farmer Reports’ as a tool for effective Renosterveld conservation
The farmers of this landscape are custodians of Overberg Renosterveld. What remains of this ecosystem lies between fields of wheat, canola and artificial pasture crops for rearing sheep and cattle.
ORCT Postgraduate Students
One of the key aims at the heart of the Overberg Renosterveld Conservation Trust has always been the pursuit of greater knowledge of this Critically...
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Self-guided botanical trail, new species, our spring highlights and how you can #RideforRenosterveld.
Biodiversity and Monitoring: Sharing the ORCT’s Spring Highlights
As spring gives way to summer in the Overberg it is time to take a look back and reflect on what is always our busiest time of year. Spring is the time that the Renosterveld comes into bloom with a plethora of beautiful flowers of all shapes and colours.
Monitoring Biodiversity for Conservation: Bioblitzing the Dipka-Doring River Catchment
One of the areas which the ORCT has targeted as important for further biodiversity monitoring has been the Dipka-Doring River catchment in the eastern Overberg. This river system is also one of the Table Mountain Fund’s Climate Corridors...
Yoga, Healthy Eating & Nature Retreat
Sometimes you simply need to spoil yourself. Especially in a peaceful nature reserve. If that thought makes you sigh happily, then join the Yoga, Healthy Eating and Nature Retreat on Haarwegskloof Renosterveld Reserve.