Cape Fox Gold Award: Best Managed Conservancy
Groenlandberg Conservancy received the Cape Fox Gold Award at the 2017 Conservation@Work symposium.
This was awarded to the best managed Conservancy in the Western Cape.
In January Paul Cluver wine estate in the Elgin valley installed a camera on the farm to capture special moments in nature that they might not have the opportunity to witness. Eager to see if the camera paid off, Songvlei from Paul Cluver checks the footage regularly and with excitement soon realised that the area is still home to a few leopards.
“It humbles me that these magnificent animals still roam here. They are the last of the big 5 in our area. We have had dreadful fires yet they look well fed. I’ve always been inspired by E.O. Wilson’s quotes: ‘If all mankind were to disappear the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed 10,000 years ago. If insects were to vanish the environment would collapse into chaos’ Let us never forget that; we should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless.”
SANBI-Kirstenbosch announced on Thursday 21 April 2016 that the theme for its 41st annual entry to the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show this year will be the Harold Porter Botanical Garden, Gateway to the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve.
At the unveiling of the model for the show the following message on behalf of Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve Company Chairman Johan West was delivered by Mr Richard Starke, KBRC director for the marine component and life-long resident of Betty’s Bay where the Harold Porter Botanical Garden is situated.
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