rehabilitation – ReStory

Berg and Breede Riparian Rehabilitation Programme, Western Cape, South Africa

December 15, 2021January 12, 2022 admin ecosystems, indigenous seed, invasive alien plants, natural capital, rehabilitation, riparian, riverbank, soil erosion control, soil rehabilitation, Western Cape

The Berg and Breede Riparian Rehabilitation Programme (est. 2013) is one of the largest active riparian rehabilitation projects in South Africa. Initiated by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, the project has planted approximately 2.16 million plants since its inception within an area of 18 ha. The primary aims of this project is to improve ecological functioning of the river, to create jobs (through EPWP) and to buffer the effects of climate change (flooding). The programme has involved over 30 landowners over the years, as key partners in their endeavours and Intaba Environmental Services has been one of the main service providers in this programme.

Biodiversity, nature, climate

Cork oak forest restoration in the Maamora cork oak forest in Morocco (June to December 2019)

February 3, 2020January 15, 2021 admin cork oak, forest planting, game farm, management plan, Morocco, overgraze, overharvest, rabbits, rehabilitation, unsustainable

While working on a management plan for a hunting farm (situated between the Mediterranean Sea in the North and the Atlas mountains in the South) in Morocco, North Africa, we came across a valiant effort to restore the Maamora cork oak forest. This forest has been subjected to overharvesting and overgrazing for many decades.

General Water

The restoration of Lake Fundudzi

September 26, 2019January 15, 2021 admin flows, gully, Lake Funduzi, livelihoods, rehabilitation

ReStory narrator: Ahmed Khan Gully head erosion worked through the system creating a large deep gully for 4.5 km canalising

General Water

Rehabilitation and restoration in Okhombe

September 17, 2019January 15, 2021 admin community, grazing, gully, land, Okohmbe, rehabilitation, restoration, runoff, stone packs, water

ReStory narrator: Nobuhle Mweli The rehabilitation and restoration project is done in Okhombe, a rural community in Bergville, northern Drakensberg,

General

Wisdom of the Ages

December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 admin

Two weeks ago the man who some describe as a founding father of Regenerative Agriculture was in South Africa giving a number of Master Classes. It was a privilege to sit for two days and listen to a man who has a global following but doesn’t want to be guru; who has enormous experience but admits he doesn’t know all the answers; who doesn’t believe that his way is the only way, but who does want to share his experience; who shared his belief of how farming should be a marriage with nature, approached as one approaches a responsive lover, not as a warrior engages with an enemy.

General