Land and food
Zimbabwe had a bumper harvest: what went right and what needs work
Eness Paidamoyo Mutsvangwa-Sammie, University of Pretoria Zimbabwe has reported a bumper harvest of maize and other grains, capable of feeding
Water
The restoration of Lake Fundudzi
ReStory narrator: Ahmed Khan Gully head erosion worked through the system creating a large deep gully for 4.5 km canalising
Biodiversity, nature, climate
Dung beetles – indicators of biodiversity
Apart from the obvious global challenges such as climate change and ensuring future food security in a rapidly changing environment, decreasing global biodiversity is also a very serious challenge.
Human health and relationships
The story of Moolmanshoek – return to Eden
ReStory narrator: Willie Nel Moolmanshoek is a private game reserve consisting of 3 300ha. It is a National Heritage Site
Urban renewal
Greening of urban areas: restoring a building site to bring nature back
It is indeed up to each one of us to play a part in restoring and conserving the precious heritage of our natural veld and soil. And it is not impossible and difficult to make it a lifestyle. It is richly rewarding.
Economic
Restoration of the land and the people in Vanwyksdorp
The community of Vanwyksdorp, a little agricultural village in the heart of the arid Little Karoo, was stuck in a status quo of depopulation of rural agriculture, unemployment, poverty and helplessness. Vanwyksdorp has a good school but the situation was exacerbated by the annual exodus of school leavers, full of knowledge and expectations, only to find a world of closed doors and very few or no opportunities.
Technology
Thicket restoration plot explorer
ReStory narrator: Anthony Mills The South African government has funded the restoration of more than ten thousand hectares of degraded