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OVERBERG RENOSTERVELD TRUST NEWSNewsletter 40 |...
Why the ORT is part of the Overberg Conservation Alliance
That’s why we’re proud to be a founding member of the Overberg Conservation Alliance (OCA), a collaboration between four conservation organisations working across the Overberg.
Regenerative farming: Do you really know your farm?
Speaking at a Regenerative Agriculture Landowner’s Day organised by the Overberg Renosterveld Trust in partnership with WWF South Africa in June
A book for all ages, to bring out the child in you
A new, richly illustrated children’s book is hoping to inspire a lifelong love of nature by telling the story of one of South Africa’s most threatened birds – the Black Harrier, BirdLife South Africa’s Bird of the Year for 2026.
Renewable energy the need for clearer direction
One of the greatest supposed solutions to climate change on a global scale is proving to be one of the greatest conservation challenges facing the Overberg today.
A new renosterveld species discovered at Haarwegskloof
In the heart of the Overberg, within one of the world’s most threatened ecosystems, a renosterveld species has waited for millennia to be officially recognised.
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Less than 5% of renosterveld remains today. Much of what survives exists on privately owned farmland.
From one to 23: A protected renosterveld network emerges
Protected fragments of renosterveld across the Overberg are starting to form something far more meaningful than isolated patches.
Size matters: A new large-scale renosterveld landscape protected
The newly signed conservation easement, Oudekraalskop, brings Endangered Eastern Rûens Shale Renosterveld and Rûens Silcrete Renosterveld under protection in
An invisible crisis in renosterveld
The tiny relationships holding everything together. Together with fire, these animals drove the structure of the renosterveld ecosystem and the constantly changing ratios of shrubs to grasses.
Tracking young Black Harriers reveals a harsh reality
Every young Black Harrier that leaves the nest faces an uncertain future. For this endangered raptor, the first year of life is the most dangerous – a time when hunger, predators and wildfire can all prove fatal.
Quartz islands in renosterveld: Small, specialised – and under threat
When walking through renosterveld, your eye may suddenly catch bright white patches shimmering among the green-grey vegetation. These patches look like small islands surrounded by typical renosterveld vegetation – and that is exactly why they are called quartz islands.