Latest Renosterveld News

The Soutrivier easement is the 22nd easement signed since the Conservation Easement Programme launched in 2017.

We implemented our Veld School programme – with support from BTE Renewables – to invite tomorrow’s botanists, scientists and conservationists into the field!

Five peculiar species that you might encounter when you next go bug hunting in the veld:

This year, we can look back on some pretty significant achievements, including the purchase of an additional 500ha to add to the Haarwegskloof Renosterveld Reserve

During this event, people across the Southern Hemisphere photograph and log all the species they see on the iNaturalist application in the space of four days in late November.

Twenty years ago, a crucial report was published – which set the scene for renosterveld conservation in the Overberg and Swartland for the next two decades.

This conservation team has collaborated to buy a key potion of property situated 40km south of the town of Swellendam, called Plaatjieskraal. The farm borders on the 500-hectare Haarwegskloof Renosterveld Reserve

The Overberg Renosterveld Conservation Trust managed to tag four Black Harriers in just three days in November.

Fabaceae are very easily identifiable, even to the uninitiated. During flowering season, look out for their five-petal flowers.

You can learn much more on the roots, species and animals of renosterveld in the ‘Field Guide to Renosterveld of the Overberg’. This guide is packed with info allowing you to identify species.

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