It’s time again to celebrate World Conservation Day! This 28 July, you too can do your part to help raise awareness and contribute to conservation efforts in your area. What is World Conservation Day? World Conservation Day is a day dedicated to raising...
What is International Day for Biodiversity? 22 May is International Day for Biodiversity, also known as, World Biodiversity Day, is a day established by the United Nations to raise awareness about biodiversity and highlight its importance for the well-being of our...
https://youtu.be/0XicuNjhAL8 We recently visited Nadine Hansen at her home studio in Geelkraans Nature Reserve, Still Bay, where she shared her creative inspiration with us and explained that “art is an incredible medium to help communicate what scientists are putting...
Author: Linda Fletcher “In every walk with nature one receives far more than one seeks”John Muir The Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve (GCBR) spans over 3 187 893 hectares from Montagu in the West to Willowmore in the East, and Prince Albert in the North to Still Bay...
Message from the Chair As important participants in the Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve’s (GCBR) realm, we are excited to engage you in this newsletter to describe our plans for the next four years. This is on the back of a number of successful projects undertaken...
Leliefontein livestock herding The Leliefontein communal area is one of five communal areas in Namaqualand where livestock herding is still a common practice in a vast unfenced grazing lands. In these communal areas you will find many Nama herders with their dogs,...
On the 3rd and 4th of September 2020, the GCBR marketing department had the opportunity to join some of our project managers on site to get a hands-on experience of what their projects entail. We also met the hardworking teams behind the work and had great...
Pick Up Litter. If every person picked up just one piece of litter today, there would be over 300 million fewer pieces of litter. If every person picked up 10 pieces of litter, there would be 3 billion fewer pieces damaging our environment. TAKE ACTION TODAY Every...
Maybe you’re not ready to part with plastic altogether, but there is some low-hanging fruit that can make a huge difference in reducing the amount of disposable plastic in your day to day life. Although recycling can help reduce the amount of garbage that ends up in...
Just like various modern products and technology, plastic has negative effects. The negative effects of plastic can be difficult to observe and may not appear to affect us directly, but plastic damages our planet and health. Globally, the world produces more than...