By Nelisiwe Khusi September marked the celebration of two important environmental events: World Water Monitoring Day and World Rivers Day. These days highlight the importance of protecting our water resources and preserving the health of rivers. As global water...
By Nelisiwe Khusi The Environmental Department from Hessequa Local Municipality invited the Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve (GCBR) to conduct miniSASS with Grade 7 learners from Voorwaarts Primary School and Grade 10 learners from Gerrit Du Plessis High School...
By Nelisiwe Khusi May 25, 2024, is World Fish Migration Day, a global celebration to raise awareness of the importance of free-flowing rivers and migratory fish. The theme for 2024 is "Free Flow." The Importance of Fish Migration Fish migration is a natural phenomenon...
by Nelisiwe Khusi To collect continuous river health data, assess long-term trends, and raise awareness about the state of rivers and aquatic life within the GCBR region. The GCBR applies the following tools and methods. The SASS (South African Scoring System) Version...
by Nelisiwe Khusi and Xiluva Mathebula (Groen Sebenza/NRF-SAIAB Freshwater Taxonomy Intern) 1.1 The importance of Fish monitoring within the Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve The GCBR has diverse freshwater ecosystems predominantly characterised by perennial headwater...
by Nelisiwe Khusi | Maps created by: Yaaseen Bodhanya The GCBR has established a river health monitoring program for rivers within the region. The program's primary aim is to collect continuous river health data to assess the long-term trends and raise awareness about...
Wetlands: A Unique Confluence of Disciplines World Wetlands Day, on February 2nd, serves as a crucial reminder of the significance of wetlands in our ecosystems. To delve deeper into this subject, we had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Donovan Kotze, a seasoned...
Andre Goliath demonstrating how to make a stick stew Site inspection with Andre Goliath, Mark Jantjies & Rita Liebenberg Mark Jantjies and Pierre Kellies ensuring the First Aid kit is up to date. Hopefully it will never be needed An example of what a Black Wattle...
Author: Boudine Kruger | Article adapted from Ken Coetzee’s "Prosopis, a Deadly Green Cancer” The Honey Mesquite Tree (or Prosopis Glandulosa var. Torreyana) is an invasive species that is fast becoming one of the more threatening, invasive plant species in South...
Author: Boudine Kruger | Article adapted from Ken Coetzee’s "Prosopis, a Deadly Green Cancer” The Honey Mesquite tree (or Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana) is an invasive alien plant (IAP) species that is taking over large tracts of overgrazed rangelands in South...