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Our talk in May should be of interest to all who live on the Cape Whale Coast. It examines the serious social, political and economic issues around abalone. Dr Serge Raemaekers will be our speaker on Tuesday 19 May at 17h30 at the Green House. His topic is Economic and Social Consequences of Abalone Poaching.
We are thrilled to announce that Peter Chadwick will be the guest speaker at our members’ talk on Tuesday 17 March at 17h30 at the Green House. His topic is “Conservation Photography and Conserving South Africa’s Seabirds”. As a dedicated conservationist, Peter Chadwick has 30 years of strategic and operational conservation experience in terrestrial and marine protected area management. This …
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Richard Peirce, well known shark conservationist and author of the recently published book The Poachers Moon gave a thought-provoking talk at the Green House at the end of November. The thesis of his talk was that the many NGOs working in the area of wildlife conservation are perhaps sending out the wrong message themselves. In order to publicise the good …
You are most cordially invited to join Whale Coast Conservation for green tea, green cake and talking ‘green’ at the Green House on Earth Day. Earth Hour has barely passed and now there is Earth Day. Every year on April 22, over a billion people in 190 countries take action for Earth Day. People plant trees, clean up their communities, …
A project to monitor frogs in the wetlands on the Hermanus Golf Course was launched in June. The aim of the project was to assess the health of the wetlands on the golf course. Volunteers from the Hermanus community were invited to participate. A number responded and learnt much about the frogs that occur in this area and how to …
To hear David Davidson speak is always a pleasure. Not only is he one of the world’s top floral designers, he is also a superb raconteur. This year saw the 100th Royal Chelsea Flower Show and the 100th anniversary of our own Kirstenbosch Gardens. The stage was set for an extra special South African entry at the Chelsea Show – …
How do you envisage Hermanus and the other towns of the Overstrand 40-50 years from now? For example, do you think that nature reserves such as Fernkloof (shown below) can be used to build roads? Now is the time to ensure that your vision for a future Overstrand is taken into account! The Overstrand Municipality has commissioned consultants to draw …
Whale Coast Conservation will be exhibiting at the Hermanus Flower Festival to be held in the Fernkloof Nature Reserve from 26 to 29 September 2013. The theme is wetlands and the WCC display will use a ‘wetland in a bottle’ to demonstrate how wetlands work and the essential ecosystem services they provide. Two of our YES students, Denfred and Zöhn, …