The ORCT has 6 Renosterveld remnants that where scheduled for ecological burns in the 2018 fire season and waiting for all conditions to be in place has been a far longer process than we would have liked.
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Ecological burns are a crucial part of a management plan
Controlled burns should be used for ecological reasons, and should include an assessment of the veld, and a five-year controlled burn strategy coupled with a grazing plan.
A new field guide for Overberg Renosterveld
The staff of the Overberg Renosterveld Conservation Trust and their colleagues are coming to the rescue with a shiny new field guide in the pipeline.
Update on the Easement Programme: Renosterveld secured in perpetuity!
Renosterveld is one of the most fragmented and endangered ecosystems in the world. Securing Renosterveld in perpetuity through the Conservation Easement Programme has to be targeted in a manner that will achieve the greatest benefits for the ecosystems and the ecological processes across the landscape.
Update on the Watercourse Restoration Project
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.
Latest Renosterveld News
Our Easement Programme, Watercourse Restoration Project and other exciting Overberg Renosterveld news.
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...
Latest Renosterveld News
Self-guided botanical trail, new species, our spring highlights and how you can #RideforRenosterveld.