KNOWLEDGE BUILDING & SHARING The Relationship between Fynbos and Fire Speaking of fire, Gilian van Wyk, one of our active members, contributed the following piece on the strong relationship between fynbos and fire. She is of the opinion that this relationship is centered on 4 factors – frequency of the fires, the area in which […]
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Are Cycads in your garden legal?
– KNOWLEDGE BUILDING & SHARING – Cycads in your Garden: are they legal? Retha Visser, another well-informed KBR resident, discusses in this contribution an issue that affects the many keen gardeners in our transition areas: the growing of cycads. Although there are no cycad species endemic to the Overberg area, many gardens have some treasured […]
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Create Awareness
Creating Awareness Signage upgraded The KBRC managed just in time before Christmas to renew our signage boards in Rooiels and Betty’s Bay and hopefully left some impression on the thousands of visitors that came to the seaside villages of the Kogelberg for their summer holiday. Although Tigme’s graphic art work (as can be seen here) […]
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Support delivered to firefighters
– COMMUNITY OUTREACH – KBR members give support to firefighters At our last Management Committee meeting appreciation was expressed to the Volunteer Wildlife Services, Vanya Jones and other members that took initiative to give support to firefighters involved in combating the devastating fires in the areas of Botrivier, Elgin and Highlands mid-January. Water and other […]
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KBR Office brings cheer to the poor and elderly
– COMMUNITY OUTREACH – KBR Office brings cheer to the poor and elderly over the festive season Our Co-ordinating Officer, Chantal Esterhuizen, deserves a pat on the back for the KBRC Christmas Project that was once again successfully executed. A total of 35 food hampers and 55 gifts to children were distributed on 17 December […]
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Office Matters: temporary administrator appointed
Temporary Administrator Appointed With the news that our co-ordinating officer, Chantal Esterhuizen, is expecting to increase her small family with a new baby soon, we are going to grant her maternity leave from 3 May 2016 to make the new one feel home. She is going to supplement this leave with another two weeks from […]
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Annual General Meeting 2015
KBRC’s Annual General Meeting 2015 At our Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 25 November 2015 at the Harold Porter Botanical Gardens in Betty’s Bay I had the opportunity to highlight some of the important milestones on the KBRC’s road of progress during the past year: During December 2014 we were fortunate to get the Breede-Gouritz […]
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Trip to Korea: 3rd UNESCO Training Course
3rd UNESCO Training Course One thing that one quickly learns in the UNESCO family is that you are not alone, but I still was surprised to receive an invitation to the 3rd UNESCO Training Course for Island and Coastal Biosphere Reserves Managers from 19 to 22 October 2015 on Jeju Island Biosphere Reserve, Republic of […]
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A New Perspective on Overpopulation
Ecological and social tragedies of humanity’s ballooning numbers and consumption Also at the AGM I was privileged to receive on behalf of the KBRC a copy of Overdevelopment, Overpopulation, Overshoot (OVER), a publication with powerful and evocative images to show the ecological and social tragedies of humanity’s ballooning numbers and consumption. According to one of the reviews […]
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Kogelberg-biosfeerreservaat in die Kollig
Kogelberg-biosfeerreservaat munt-reeks in Goud en Silwer Die Kogelberg-biosfeerreservaat is op Woensdag 23 September 2015 internasionaal in die kollig geplaas by ‘n glansgeleentheid waartydens die SA Munt ‘n reeks goud- en silwermunte oor dié streek bekendgestel het. Dit vorm deel van die Verenigde Nasies se Opvoedkundige, Wetenskaplike en Kulturele Organisasie (UNESCO) se Internasionale Wêrelderfenismuntprogram en word […]
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Jo-Ann Strauss – our Celebrity Ambassador
Celebrity Ambassador Speaking of Jo-Ann Strauss’ role at the launch of the Kogelberg Coins: when I learned that this charming and talented lady and I share the same alma mater, I took the gap to ask her if she would be interested to be the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve’s celebrity ambassador. She accepted gracefully and said […]
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The Cape Floristic Region World Heritage Site (CFRWHS)
World Floral Kingdoms Cape Floristic Region World Heritage Site Vice Chairperson Philip Fourie brought it to my attention that UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) had recently announced an extension of the Cape Floristic Region World Heritage Site (CFRWHS). While this was obviously something to celebrate, I realised that I did not […]
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