We're proud of what we do

We encourage our members to be part of the Winelands Fire Protection Association and the active fighting of fires, both along the mountain and in the farmlands, is one of the strengths of the conservancy and one of the activities that brings the community together.

With a long relationship with the Department of Agriculture’s Landcare Program, alien clearing is one of the programmes that most of the members participate in. The wood from the cleared aliens is used in several different ways by different landowners with some cutting and selling firewood, others making Biochar or woodchips, which are used in the orchards and agricultural areas.

Camera traps on private land and the State of Biodiversity patrols by the Cape Nature personal are just 2 of the ways that wildlife is monitored in the conservancy. Data is readily shared with other institutions such as the Cape Leopard Trust and Birdlife South Africa, that an understanding of the state of the environment and the animals inhabiting it can be formed.

Initiated in 2003, the CapeNature Biodiversity Stewardship program was pioneered in the Renosterveld Conservancy with Elandsberg Nature Reserve being the first conservation area to sign an agreement. With the addition of Foxenberg and Bontebok Ridge Reserve shortly afterwards, these 3 areas are seen as the Conservation Champions of the area.

Biodiversity is the different kinds of life you can find in one area and their interactions. Where biodiversity is intact, species and eco-systems are resilient, enabling them to adapt to environmental changes. With the Conservancy comprising of both Renosterveld, Fynbos (both Biodiversity hotspots) and agricultural lands, the amount of species found in this area is enormous. As a project the conservancy members are putting together a species list of the plants and animals found on their farms.

iNaturalist is an online social network of people sharing biodiversity information to help each other learn about nature The Renosterveld Conservancy is one of the areas that has been highlighted and the Renosterveld Conservancy Biodiversity Project records and helps people identify the species observed in the area.