Unlocking green jobs Photo Credit: WWF Five biorefineries that convert biomass to oil, are currently in development, and have the potential to reduce our heavy and expensive reliance on oil, 75% of which is currently imported The government and private sector in
Renewable energy for our cities and towns Photo Credit: WWF If municipalities could generate their own electricity or purchase it from independent power producers at competitive prices, and not be forced to pay the Eskom fixed price, this would help to address this threat to municipal
Open streets for citizens and cyclists Photo Credit: Bicycle Cape Town Over the past six years 19 Open Streets events have taken place across the city. OSCT’s main partners are the City of Cape Town, the WWF Nedbank Green Trust and the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative
Developing and accessing sustainable boat based marine tourism Photo Credit: Nature's Valley Trust The South African boat-based whale-watching industry is globally perceived as one of the most sustainable of its kind due to the early development of permit regulations and operating protocols to minimize disturbance to
Safeguarding our seabeds Photo Credit: Courtesy of Marine Stewardship Council The overall strategic intent of the Safeguard our Seabed project is to secure the long-term ecological integrity of South Africa’s offshore marine habitats Background In 2012 and 2014, the Department of Mineral
Securing the Southern Drakensberg watershed through stewardship and governance of communal Rangelands Photo Credit: WWF Background For every two drops of water in South Africa’s rivers, one originates in 8% of our country’s land area, mostly in the high mountain catchments along the
Securing water source areas using law Photo Credit: Brent Stirton Background In South Africa – a water-scarce country – just 8% of our land area provides 50% of our surface water. This land is made up of 22 WSAs in five provinces
Duzi Green Corridor Project Photo Credit: Hougaard Milan Background The uMsunduzi and Umgeni River systems have become badly degraded through neglect and overexploitation. With increasing demands on resources, poor governance and external threats such as global climate change, these river systems will
Watercourse restoration in critically endangered Renosterveld Photo Credit: Renosterveld Overberg Trust Background A portrait of the Western Cape 300 years ago would show rolling expanses of a vegetation type with an extraordinary diversity of bulb species called Renosterveld being grazed by large numbers
Water security for Pongola Photo Credit: Simon Rawles Background In the rural areas the manner in which your upstream neighbours manage their water directly impacts on the quality and quantity of the water you receive. Which is why the over two million
