May

Living Lands

Biodiversity Conference & Action Day

Baviaanskloof (SA): The International Day of Biodiversity will be celebrated this weekend on 21st-22nd May. The conference and workshops are aimed at landowners, agricultural producers and tourism operators located within the Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve Planning Domain. The event is being facilitated by Eastern Cape Parks and Living Lands, funded through C.A.P.E and the German Government, and being held at TerraPi in the Kouga catchment. The diverse sessions are aimed at all members of the family…

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May

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French Polynesia

“The Question” sets sail

To celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity, crew members from the Samoa Voyaging Society are currently sailing the Pacific in an effort to spread regional awareness about conserving their environment. Along the way, the crew members will also ask The Question – “What did nature do for you today?” to the (islander) people they meet during their Pacific voyage. But at the moment, nature is serving up mountainous seas…

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April

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Weblog

It’s eyes4earth day: new website launch

Global: EarthCollective is proud to be able to celebrate Earth Day with the launch of the new eyes4earth website. The website features a new interface, interactive mapping, online survey, flickr images, weblog, twitter as well as new updates and plenty of background information aimed at connecting the science of sustainability with society.

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March

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Publications

Seasonal Supplement Q110

EarthCollective’s 6-page quarterly Seasonal Supplement Newsletter (Size: 2.5 MB) is now online. Click here to download.

01

March

0

Weblog

Living Lands expands

Kouga Dam (SA): Living Lands is delighted to be able to welcome three more colleagues to the PRESENCE Learning Village. Bart van Eck, Noël Isaacs and Silvia Weel joined the team last week and will be involved in various activities which strengthen Living Lands’ aim of supporting local capacity building for landscape restoration.

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February

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Living Lands

Going down’ – At 17th February Kouga Dam was sitting at a grim 38.28%

A time to P(r)ay for Ecosystem Services?

Kouga Dam (SA): It has been two years since significant rainfall has fallen in parts of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. What was being called a ‘water crisis’ is now looming as a ‘disaster’. Farmers in the usually abundant Gamtoos Valley ‘fruitbowl’ are sitting with empty fields and lack of work for labourers. Port Elizabeth residents are experiencing severe water restrictions, increased taxes and are calling for new water sources to be found. And with the region soon expecting thousands of incoming foreign visitors to celebrate this winter’s football World Cup, many in the area believe that it is seriously time to start praying…

09

February

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Living Lands

A familiar face becomes a new colleague

Kouga Dam (SA) – Living Lands is delighted to be able to welcome Odilirwe Selomane (‘Odi’) as a new colleague to the PRESENCE Learning Village. Odi’s role will focus on the design of economic and policy research strategies for the future implementation of regional landscape conservation and restoration incentive schemes (also known as ‘payments for ecosystem/landscape services’ or ‘stewardship agreements’).

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February

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ECo Network

The shining leaves (members) of the EarthCollective tree

Not that we’re counting…

Global: In the four’s years since its inception, the EarthCollective network has attracted remarkable cultural diversity. Through its various initiatives , EarthCollective has engaged with team members, students, interns and volunteers from the following countries: Australia; Bangladesh; Belgium ; Brazil ; Canada; Colombia; Costa Rica; Czech Republic ; England; France; Germany ; Guatemala; Italy; Mexico; Netherlands ; Nigeria; Pakistan; Portugal; Slovakia; Spain; South Africa and the United States.

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January

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Education

The spekboom reforestation plot at Zandvlakte farm

Wetland loss & erosion: cracking the code

Western Baviaanskloof (SA): In what is now becoming a tradition, another group of Rhodes University Honors students visited the Baviaanskloof during late January. The purpose of their trip was to carry out further assessment of the geo/hydro/biophysical characteristics of the area. These students were from the Geography and Environmental Sciences Department and were guided by Professors Kate Rowntree and Fred Ellery.

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January

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Living Lands

New Year, New Trees, New Jobs, New CO2 Captured

Western Baviaanskloof (SA): Living Lands and PRESENCE partners are keeping momentum moving through re-planting 28 hectares of subtropical thicket in the western Baviaanskloof. This initiative means 56 000 spekboom trees will be planted and will potentially store 6000 tonnes of CO2 over the next 30 years. The restoration activities provide jobs and skills training for 48 persons previously unemployed.

Biodiversity Conference & Action Day

“The Question” sets sail

It’s eyes4earth day: new website launch

Seasonal Supplement Q110

Living Lands expands

A time to P(r)ay for Ecosystem Services?

A familiar face becomes a new colleague

Not that we’re counting…

Wetland loss & erosion: cracking the code

New Year, New Trees, New Jobs, New CO2 Captured

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