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...
Collaboration, Community and Conservation in Mossel Bay
By Antonnet Botha Dr Steve Du Toit, Jolandie Buck, Niki Du Toit, Andrew Stroebel, and Antonnet Botha at the GCBR event in Mossel Bay On 10 March 2025, the Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve (GCBR) had the distinct honour of hosting an engaging event in Mossel Bay. Over...
Mechanisms to Secure Areas and Unlock the Value of Biodiversity Stewardship
Global context In addition to its intrinsic value, biodiversity supports essential services like food production and water purification which are crucial for human survival and wellbeing. The accelerating loss of biodiversity means that these benefits are under...
Exploring Biodiversity Stewardship Mechanisms
In 2019 the Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve (GCBR) initiated its Gouritz Ecological Corridors Project. At the starting point of this project, we aimed to enhance landscape scale ecological processes along mountain ranges and rivers associated with the Gouritz River...
The Importance of Farmers Day Workshops for Smallholder Farmers
On the 19th of September 2024, GCBR smallholder extension officer, Simthandile Ponti, hosted a smallholder farmers day workshop at Thusong Centre Riversdale. The workshop aimed to promote knowledge and awareness of sustainable, conservation, and ecological...





