Land and food
Nepo SA: The restoration dream continues… to become a reality
ReStory narrator: Jaap Knot Nepo SA is a start-up company run by myself and my wife as a closed corporation.
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
Using goats to control the spread of invasive alien plants
Using goats to control invasive alien plants could provide an economic opportunity for small livestock farmers in South Africa. Goat farmers can become entrepreneurs that run alien plant clearing goat herds and so become indispensable in the fight to control and eradicate invasive plants. There is also the great advantage of the goats being a lucrative source of meat and skins with a ready market. We have invasive alien plants in almost every part of South Africa and if properly managed, goats for aliens could become economically important in smaller rural communities.
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