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Fieldwork with the GCBR MAB Youth Members
By Nelisiwe Khusi This past month, our restoration team invited two MAB Youth members, Noluthando Zikishe and Jasmine Moses, to join us in the field for a follow-up plant biodiversity assessment along the Vals River. The two MAB Youth members were identified by our...
Climate Change Action Week with Curro Mossel Bay
Written by: Purnille Albertyn – GCBR Intern As part of Climate Change Awareness and Action Week, the Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve (GCBR) team visited Curro Mossel Bay to engage learners on one of the most pressing challenges of our time: climate change. The...
Inheems 2025 Tiener Kunskompetisie
Kom ons vier ’n werklik spesiale plek Het jy geweet dat as jy enige plek in die Hessequa-munisipale distrik woon of skoolgaan, jy binne ’n UNESCO Biosfeerreservaat is? Meer spesifiek is jy deel van die Gouritz Cluster Biosfeerreservaat (GCBR) – ’n plek van...
Inheems 2025 Teen Art Competition
Let’s Celebrate a Truly Special Place Did you know that if you live or go to school anywhere in the Hessequa municipal district, you are in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve? More specifically, you are part of the Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve (GCBR) – a place of...
Bridging Freshwater and Marine Conservation: Lessons from My First Visit to Zanzibar and the IOCAFRICA Training Workshop
By Nelisiwe Khusi | Photos by Johnson Jackob Ndaba, Zanzibar, Tanzania My journey with the Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve (GCBR) began as an intern, where I was introduced to the diverse and dynamic world of nature conservation and restoration work. Throughout...
Celebrate the Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve Region’s Biodiversity: Join the City Nature Challenge 2025!
Nature enthusiasts and citizen scientists, mark your calendars! From 25 to 28 April 2025, the Garden Route and Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve Region will participate in the 10th annual City Nature Challenge (CNC), a global event uniting cities worldwide to...
Hessequa Municipality Quarterly Skills Indaba 2025
By Purnille Albertyn On the 20th of March 2025, Hessequa Municipality hosted its Quarterly Skills Indaba at the Thusong Centre in Riversdale, where the Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve (GCBR) was also in attendance. Representing GCBR were Leila Moosajee (Youth...
Discovering the Gondwana Connection – A South African Chilean Adventure
By Linda Fletcher & Rita Liebenberg We were ecstatic to receive an invitation to join DOB Ecology for a knowledge exchange and learning experience during their annual visit to one of their South American partners, Rewilding Chile. Rewilding Chile is the...
CAREER OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THE GOURITZ CLUSTER BIOSPHERE RESERVE
The Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve (GCBR) is an action-oriented non-profit organisation founded in 2011. We drive programmes and catalyse initiatives that nurture resilience in nature and communities within the 3.2-million-hectare region that has been designated...
A Day of Community Spirit in Heidelberg
By Erin Martin On the 4th of March, a community clean-up event was organised in Eike Street in Heidelberg by the GCBR and Hessequa Municipality in collaboration with Cape Nature. The (Community Work Programme) CWP workers from Heidelberg and Riversdale gave a huge...