Call for ABI Small Grants proposals
The Agulhas Biodiversity Initiative (ABI) is now calling for proposals to the ABI Small Grants Fund. Projects and organisations have until Friday 19 June 2015 to apply for small grants funding.
Stripes and frogs visit local schools
Stripes the Eco-Cat and the Citizen Science Frog Monitoring Project are being showcased to about 2000 children around the Overstrand region. Both these Whale Coast Conservation projects are beneficiaries under the ABI Small Grants Facility. They’re part of the Sustainability Expo 2015, visiting Gansbaai, Hermanus, Stanford and other towns here. Well done to WCC for raising conservation themes with the region’s children.
Government, landowners meet on invasive alien clearing
The threat of invasive alien plants on the Agulhas Plain was central at a two-day workshop held between government, landowners and non-governmental organisations in April. The Agulhas Biodiversity Initiative (ABI), coordinated by Flower Valley Conservation Trust, and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) hosted the workshop aimed at strengthening invasive alien management in the area. This was the first get-together of its kind in the region.
Overberg Open Training Day held
Conservancy members in the Overberg are invited to attend an Overberg Open Training Day, organised by Conservation at Work. The training day will cover subjects such as erosion control, managing fynbos veld fires, and snake awareness.
Preparing for the ABI Alien Clearing Project’s third year
The ABI Alien Clearing Project partners – including landowners and alien clearing contractors – celebrated the end of the second year of the project on Wednesday 19 March. Through the project, around 30,000 hectares have been cleared on the Agulhas Plain in year two, and around 250 jobs have been created.