CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF CONSERVATION The WWF Nedbank Green Trust has spent 30 years igniting new ways for people and nature to thrive, and we invite you to celebrate with us. For three decades we have sought new paths and solutions to ensure that people and their
CASH COWS IN A TIME OF CORONA Photo Credit: Nicky McLeod At first light, the tolling of cattle bells can be heard drifting across the misty, dew-drenched grassland. As the background peaks of the Drakensberg Mountains are painted in glorious orange sunlight, cattle emerge from behind
Conservation collaboration in the Overberg Credit Justin de Klerk photography Spanning 1,2 million hectares, the Western Cape’s Overberg is home to the Agulhas Biodiversity Initiative (ABI), which involves private landowners and farmers partnering with government and non-profit organisations in a multisector conservation
Seeding Honeybush in the Wild Photo Credit: Green Trust The Langkloof Valley is a large deciduous-fruit farming area that extends for many kilometres along the R62 and between the Tsitsikamma and Kouga Mountains where wild honeybush grows. Honeybush is harvested to make
SA citizens benefit from biodiversity tax break Photo Credit: Candice Stevens South Africa achieved a world-first in 2016 with the introduction of a biodiversity tax incentive for private landowners, including communities, who have their land officially declared as a nature reserve in
South Africa joins Plastics Pact network Photo Credit: WWF On 30 January, South Africa became the first country in Africa to sign up to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Plastics Pact network, joining the United Kingdom, Chile, France, Portugal and the Netherlands. The
Green is embedded in Nedbank’s DNA In 2015 the WWF Nedbank Green Trust celebrates its 25th anniversary with all the people of South Africa. Back in 1990, Nedbank had recognised the signs of a looming natural-resource crisis, some 20 years before sustainability became the key global focus of our time.
Community owned Big Five reserve a success Photo Credit: Kelvin Truatman. Left to right reserve rangers Bhotsotso, Charles Myeni, Nqobile Myeni and Muzi The community-owned Somkhanda Game Reserve in northern KwaZulu-Natal is teeming with game and is one of the first successful community-owned and managed Big
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
