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
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
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
Maximising the benefit from water stewardship for emerging farmers and conservation areas Photo Credit: Eddie Riddel Background The WWF Nedbank Green Trust has launched a new project to contribute strategically to the creation of agro-ecological and water stewardship incentives for emerging farmers
Renewable energy for industrial processes and municipal services Photo Credit: Klein & Hubert Background Despite having some of the highest levels of solar radiation in the world, South Africa has relatively few solar thermal installations. South Africa's 1 055 MWth of installations
Low-carbon passenger transport solutions Photo Credit: DIGR Background The project aims to demonstrate solutions that have high impact for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, or carbon emissions, from passenger transport, so that they can be further rolled out by target individuals and organisations,
