The Renosterveld is good at keeping secrets. A passing glance gives you rolling hills of grey, roundish and rather boring bushes that makes it clear why it was named after a nose-down rhino. At the ...

A 270-hectare stretch of renosterveld — one of South Africa’s most threatened vegetation types — has been secured for conservation in the Overberg, safeguarding a global stronghold for the endangered ...

Three conservation trusts have together purchased an area of a severely threatened vegetation type found in the Overberg region of South Africa’s Western Cape province. Known as the renosterveld, this ...

The renosterveld shrubland once covered the Swartland and Overberg regions of western South Africa, but its rich soils led farmers to clear it for agriculture. Remaining fragments continue to provide ...

The critically endangered Overberg Renosterveld in the Western Cape is one of the world's most diverse ecosystems, yet not many people are aware of its value. The Overberg Renosterveld supports a rich ...

In a landmark achievement for biodiversity conservation, Haarwegskloof has been officially designated as a provincial nature reserve, marking the last remaining connected expanse of renosterveld on ...

The South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) has come up with an app to protect the renosterveld vegetation, a critically endangered and the fastest disappearing habitat in South Africa ...

The declaration provides the highest level of legal protection under the act. It ensures that the Haarwegskloof Renosterveld Nature Reserve will continue conservation efforts, while allowing for ...

Farmers in the Overberg Wheatbelt who previously viewed renosterveld as wasteland are now conserving it for future generations. According to Dr Odette Curtis-Scott, it is estimated that "less than 5% ...

You've probably never heard of Haarwegskloof but it's the new jewel in the fynbos crown. The largest remaining connected stretch of Renosterveld, it has officially been declared a nature reserve. The ...