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News from the CREW
Volume 6 • March 200 News from the CREW lthough 2009 has been a Asteraceae family) in full flower. REW, the Custodians of Areally challenging year with These plants are usually rather C Rare and Endangered the global recession having had inconspicuous and are very hard Wildflowers, is a programme a heavy impact on all of us, it to spot when not flowering, so that involves volunteers from we were very lucky to catch it could not break the strong spir- the public in the monitoring it of CREW. Amidst the great in flower. The CREW team has taken a special interest in the and conservation of South challenges we came up tops genus Marasmodes (we even Africa’s threatened plants. once again, with some excep- have a day in April dedicated to CREW aims to capacitate a tionally great discoveries. the monitoring of this genus) network of volunteers from as they all occur in the lowlands a range of socio-economic Our first great adventure for and are severely threatened. I backgrounds to monitor the year took place in the knew from the herbarium speci- and conserve South Afri- Villiersdorp area. We had to mens that there have not been ca’s threatened plant spe- collect flowering material of any collections of Marasmodes Prismatocarpus lycioides, a data cies. The programme links from the Villiersdorp area and volunteers with their local deficient species in the Campan- was therefore very excited conservation agencies and ulaceae family. We rediscovered about this discovery. As usual, this species in the area in 2008 my first reaction was: ‘It’s a particularly with local land and all we had to go on was a new species!’ but I soon so- stewardship initiatives to en- scrappy nonflowering branch. -
R Conradie Orcid.Org 0000-0002-8653-4702
Influence of the invasive fish, Gambusia affinis, on amphibians in the Western Cape R Conradie orcid.org 0000-0002-8653-4702 Dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Science in Zoology at the North-West University Supervisor: Prof LH du Preez Co-supervisor: Prof AE Channing Graduation May 2018 23927399 “The whole land is made desolate, but no man lays it to heart.” JEREMIAH 12:11 i DECLARATION I, Roxanne Conradie, declare that this dissertation is my own, unaided work, except where otherwise acknowledged. It is being submitted for the degree of M.Sc. to the North-West University, Potchefstroom. It has not been submitted for any degree or examination at any other university. ____________________ (Roxanne Conradie) ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my gratitude to the following persons and organisations, without whose assistance this study would not have been possible: My supervisor Prof. Louis du Preez and co-supervisor Prof. Alan Channing, for guidance, advice, support, and encouragement throughout the duration of this study. Prof Louis, your passion for the biological sciences has been an inspiration to me since undergraduate Zoology classes five years ago. Prof Alan, you were a vital pillar of support for me in the Cape and I am incredibly grateful towards you. Thank you both for all the time and effort you have put into helping me with my work, for all your honest and detailed advice, as well as practical help. It is truly a privilege to have had such outstanding biologists as my mentors. My husband Louis Conradie, for offering up so many weekends in order to help me with fieldwork. -
The Great Green Outdoors
MAMRE CITY OF CAPE TOWN WORLD DESIGN CAPITAL CAPE TOWN 2014 ATLANTIS World Design Capital (WDC) is a biannual honour awarded by the International Council for Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID), to one city across the globe, to show its commitment to using design as a social, cultural and economic development tool. THE GREAT Cape Town Green Map is proud to have been included in the WDC 2014 Bid Book, 2014 SILWERSTROOMSTRAND and played host to the International ICSID judges visiting the city. 01 Design-led thinking has the potential to improve life, which is why Cape WORLD DESIGN CAPITAL GREEN OUTDOORS R27 Town’s World Design Capital 2014’s over-arching theme is ‘Live Design. Transform Life.’ Cape Town is defi nitively Green by Design. Our city is one of a few Our particular focus has become ‘Green by Design’ - projects and in the world with a national park and two World Heritage Sites products where environmental, social and cultural impacts inform (Table Mountain National Park and Robben Island) contained within design and aim to transform life. KOEBERG NATURE its boundaries. The Mother City is located in a biodiversity hot Green Map System accepted Cape Town’s RESERVE spot‚ the Cape Floristic Region, and is recognised globally for its new category and icon, created by Design extraordinarily rich and diverse fauna and fl ora. Infestation – the fi rst addition since 2008 to their internationally recognised set of icons. N www.capetowngreenmap.co.za Discover and experience Cape Town’s natural beauty and enjoy its For an overview of Cape Town’s WDC 2014 projects go to www.capetowngreenmap.co.za/ great outdoor lifestyle choices. -
Western Cape Birding Forum
Western Cape Birding Forum Now represents 8 clubs with more than 2,000 members in the Western Cape. Minutes from the Education Workshop on 9 June 2007, at the Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville. Vernon Head – Chaired the Meeting. Welcome was extended to all. Helen Fenwick – Minutes. Those Present Cape Bird Club: Vernon Head, Anne Gray, Jo Hobbs, Otto Schmidt, Dave Whitelaw, Frank Wygold, Helen Fenwick, Heather Howell Tygerberg Bird Club: Brigid de Kock, Antoinette le Roux, Helene Thompson, Ione Vanderwalt Somerset West Bird Club: John Carter, Brian Dennis, Freya Brett West Coast Bird Club: Jan Jurgen Kotze, Keith Harrison Birdlife Stellenbosch: Willene van der Merwe, Nico Venter Hermanus Bird Club: Lee Burman, John Saunders Visitors: Doug Newman (Birdlife SA), Les Underhill, Doug Harebottle Apologies Anton Odendal, Sylvia Ledgard. Helderberg Nature Reserve Freya Brett explained in detail the programme she does at Helderberg Nature Reserve. Children regularly visit the reserve on school excursions and camps. She has fun and interesting worksheets as applications to her lessons. She also uses competitions and prizes to stimulate the children’s interest. There is a campsite in the Helderberg Nature Reserve and groups of children can stay the weekend. The cost presently is R35 per child including meals but they have to bring their own bedding. Part of the programme includes an evening of drama where children act out skits to demonstrate what they have learned during the weekend. Freya also does a programme with pre-schoolers where she teaches conservation through Mother-Goose type stories. She uses power-point presentations for children in the intermediate phase and covers flying reptiles to modern birds. -
Growing Passion Creating Eco-Literate Communities
5 Growing Passion Creating eco-literate communities You cannot love something you don’t know. If you love it you will protect it. - Xola Mkefe, Park Manager, SANParks One fancies a heart like our own must be beating in every crystal and cell, and we feel like stopping to speak to the plants and animals as fellow mountaineers. - John Muir, American conservationist, (1838-1914)1 I never used to think about nature the way I do now. I just used to throw papers if I was walking along eating. Now I know that if you throw anything, like a cigarette butt or a plastic bag, a wild animal or bird may eat it and die. - Grant Revell, contract worker, Zeekoevlei Nature Reserve I would like to discover it and be part of it. Find out what I’ve been missing out on this 17 years and also interpreting it. - Hout Bay teenager, survey by Alice Ashwell I think the reason our people don’t take an interest in nature is that nature was just a playground for us… no-one taught us anything about nature and then we could not teach our children… we used to enjoy chasing the rabbits and the buck, but no one explained that it was causing damage, these things For our ancestors, understanding the ecosystem was as are endangered, you must leave them alone… now we are natural as breathing, and as critical to their survival. People concerned, when there is nothing left. Now it is so important to might not have known the Latin terms for plants, but they knew hold on to everything because everything is dying out... -
The Great Green Outdoors
MAMRE ATLANTIS R27 01 SMART LIVING HANDBOOK SILWERSTROOMSTRAND KOEBERG NATURE A practical sustainability guide for people living in Cape Town to RESERVE make homes safer and to save money, while working to reduce CITY OF CAPE TOWN their impact on our environment. In the interests of sustainability, we encourage you to download your copy of the handbook: N www.capetowngreenmap.co.za/smart-living THE GREAT GREEN GREEN ON YOUR CELL R27 Use your Internet-enabled mobile TO ATLANTIS, MAMRE AND PELLA phone to fi nd what is green near TABLE MOUNTAIN OUTDOORS 60 you. Search by your suburb, As one of the few cities in the world with a national park and two followed by Cape Town. Eg: NATIONAL PARK (TMNP) MELKBOSSTRAND World Heritage Sites (Table Mountain National Park and Robben Tokai, Cape Town Island) contained within its boundaries, Cape Town is surrounded @www.greenmap.org The Park is an important national asset, international tourist by incredible outdoor options. The ‘Mother City’ is also located in a Our Clean Outdoors destination and local recreation resource and is one of eight sights ‘biodiversity hotspot’, the Cape Floristic Region, and is recognised Meet Zibi, the city’s mascot for that constitute the Cape Floral Kingdom World Heritage Site. globally for its extraordinarily rich, diverse and unique fauna and fl ora. 02 waste and recycling. Zibi reminds you For information and access times visit: 20 that Cape Town is committed to working www.sanparks.org KIRSTENBOSCH NATIONAL M14 N7 The city offers many ways to experience the great green outdoors. with waste and keeping our city and T 021 701 8692 Emergencies 0861 106 417 BOTANICAL GARDEN (SANBI) surroundings clean. -
Wildrunner Portfolio for 2020
wildrunner Short, fast and for the whole family! The Trail Series® has been the cornerstone of short course trail running in SA since 2008 and2020 in 2020 evolves to include a XL distance series. www.trailseries.co.za #TSSL2020 DATE DAY EVENT DIST VENUE 14 Jan Tues Trail Series Super League #1 Kirstenbosch Gardens 5.2km, 9.5km, 14km Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, Cape Town 2 Feb Sun Trail Series Super League #2 Lebanon Forest 6.2km, 12km, 20km Lebanon Forest, Elgin Valley 23 Feb Sun Trail Series Super Leugue #3 Tygerberg Nature Reserve 6.8km, 11km, 16.5km Tygerberg Nature Reserve, Northern Suburbs, Cape Town 22 Mar Sun Trail Series Super League #4 Paarl Mountain Nature Reserve 7.5km, 13.5km, 20km Taal Monument & Paarl Mountain Nature Reserve, Paarl 19 Jul Sun Trail Series Super League #5 Paul Cluver Estate 6km, 13km, 21km Paul Cluver Estate, Elgin Valley 8 Aug Sat Trail Series Super League #6 Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve 7.3km, 14km, 23.5km Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, Kleinmond 15 Nov Sun Trail Series Super League #7 Oak Valley Estate 5km, 13.5km, 22.5km Oak Valley Estate, Elgin Valley Three classic single day mountain races in the Western Cape. www.mountainchallenge.co.za #MCS2020 DATE DAY EVENT DIST VENUE 16 May Sat Jonkershoek Mountain Challenge 2020 (10th) 39km, 24km, 11km Jonkershoek Nature Reserve, Stellenbosch 13 Jun Sun Helderberg Mountain Challenge 2020 (11th) 24km, 15km, 11km Helderberg Nature Reserve, Somerset West 3 Oct Sat Marloth Mountain Challenge 2020 (6th) 55km, 35km, 24.5km, 10kmMarloth Nature Reserve, Swellendam Multi day, fully supported, exclusive trail running experiences in Africa. -
News from the CREW
Volume 4 • December 2007 News from the CREW hat an incredible year W2007 has been for the REW, the Custodians of CREW programme! Both the C Rare and Endangered summer and winter rainfall Wildflowers, is a programme areas have experienced good that involves volunteers from rains with no shortage of inter- the public in the monitoring esting species flowering during and conservation of South Spring. There has been a palpa- Africa’s threatened plants. ble shift in the way the project CREW aims to capacitate a is operating – it seems to have network of volunteers from gained a momentum that is a range of socio-economic unstoppable. There are a whole backgrounds to monitor Vatiswa Zikishe (CREW CFR as- host of new groups operating and conserve South Afri- sistant), Shela Patrickson (CREW ca’s threatened plant spe- in KZN, in Mpumalanga, in the co-oridnator for spring 2007) and cies. The programme links Fynbos and in Namaqualand. Marvin Wagenaar (new Mamre We are receiving excellent CREW biodiversity facilitator) in the volunteers with their local data from a range of volunteer veld in the Garcia State Forest. conservation agencies and groups with so many exciting particularly with local land discoveries and important mon- stewardship initiatives to en- itoring of critically endangered sistant in Cape Town Vatiswa sure the conservation of key populations many of which are Zikishe, who came highly rec- sites for threatened plant detailed in the groups’ articles ommended from the Outramps species. in this issue. in George. Vatiswa is like a beam of sunshine for our pro- We have a number of new staff gramme, she is highly efficient in the CREW programme. -
Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan
General Management Assistance Contract (GMAC) Contract No: 674-C-00-01-10051-00 City of Cape Town Solid Waste Management Services Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan Final Status Quo Report March 2004 Prepared By This report was prepared under Mega-Tech, Inc.’s prime contract with USAID and addresses USAID/South Africa’s Strategic Objective No. 6: Increased Access to Shelter and Environmentally Sound Municipal Services MTI Contact No.: 0098-0103-SUB-TA37 Mega-Tech Inc. City of Cape Town Integrated Waste Management Plan Contract No. 0098-0103-SUB-TA37 Final Status Quo Report - March 2004 Please direct all queries regarding this report to: Mega-Tech/South Africa Bank Forum Building Lobby 1, Second Floor 337 Veale Street New Muckleneuk 0181 Pretoria RSA Tel. 012 452 0060 Fax 012 452 0070 Email [email protected] Or Mega-Tech, Inc. 180 South Washington Street, Suite 200 Falls Church, VA 22046 Tel. (703) 534-1629 Fax (703) 534-7208 Email [email protected] i City of Cape Town Integrated Waste Management Plan Mega-Tech Inc. Final Status Quo Report - March 2004 Contract No. 0098-0103-SUB-TA37 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In terms of Contract No. 0098-0103-SUB-TA37, Mega-Tech Inc (MTI) has commissioned Jeffares & Green (Pty) Ltd, in joint venture with Ingeróp Africa (Pty) Ltd, to provide consulting services for the “DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN (IWMP) FOR THE CITY OF CAPE TOWN”. The development of an IWMP is a requirement of the National Waste Management Strategy and the Draft National Integrated Waste Management Bill, due to be presented to Parliament for promulgation in 2004. -
CAPE Environment Newsletter, Volume 1 English Pdf 330.53 KB
Volume 1 2008 Jan, Feb, Mar Newsletter of the Wildlife and Environment Envir Kids Society of Kids Caring for the Earth South Africa (WESSA) Western Cape EnviroKids wins SAB Merit Award by Roberta Griffiths The South African Breweries Environmentalist and Environmental Jour- Inside this issue: nalists awards of 2007 were held in Johannesburg, last October. Envi- roKids, the junior magazine of the Wildlife and Environment Society of FEATURES: South Africa was one of five winners of a Merit Award in the Print and Internet category. EnviroKids wins SAB Merit Award 1 Is this Green Leader’s The citation reads as follows: brand clear? 2 For nearly three decades EnviroKids (previously Toktokkie magazine) Staff Changes in the Region 3 Our Patron Members and has strived to promote environmental awareness and education among 3 Sustainable Living children. It's published quarterly by the Wildlife and Environment Society South African Potato Farm- of SA and plays a strong role in environmental education. It produces ers join Conservation Ef- 4 stimulating articles that are easily understood by first and second lan- forts in the Cape guage readers. The magazine content is in demand by school text-book Friends Group Workshop 5 publishers and four themes have been reprinted at the request of govern- held in the second half of 2007 ment agencies for their own use. REGULARS: Judges comments: What’s happening in 7 The judges regard the magazine as 'a real investment in the future' and WESSA Western Cape believe that the presentation meets the needs of young people and is Branches both informative and entertaining. -
Western Cape COVID-19 Cases at Town and Suburb Level.1 January
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The Great Green Outdoors
R ive r S w r a r ive t r r R ivi ve e i p r e R i 01 WITZANDS AQUIFER NATURE RESERVE D Cape Town is the world’s #1 water-saving city. S p w e i a D Please keep using water wisely. r t MAMRE r i Protecting the Atlantis aquifer and the THE GREAT GREEN OUTDOORS vi e aquifer re-charge areas, it is the main r FOR MORE VISIT C APETOWN.GOV.ZA / THINKWATER water supply for the Atlantis, Mamre FOLLOW @CITYOFCT ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER Sustaining Cape Town’s Water Supply GOUDA and Pella communities. The reserve FOR MORE VISIT C APETOWN.GOV.ZA / THINKWATER has impressive sand dunes and views of Table Mountain. Add on a visit to FOLLOW @CITYOFCT ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER the quaint mission village of Mamre, ATLANTIS RIEBEEK VOELVLEI DAM KASTEEL Only flush when Take short, stop- Don’t leave the established in the 17th century. The Cape Town is a water-scarce city that is diversifying its sources of water, but it you really need to. start showers. tap running while original water mill has been restored brushing teeth. still gets most of its water from rain-fed dams. The catchment areas feeding our WATER WOLSELEY and is used as a museum today. dams are relatively pristine, but need to be preserved. The alien invasive plants REPORTING in the catchments suck up water before it can get to our dams, and there are HERMON Help preserve our precious water resources. D WITZANDS i e To report burst pipes, faulty p R SILWERSTROOMSTRAND AQUIFER ive programmes to remove them to increase the yield of water to the Western Cape r Use alternative water safely.