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CapeNature is proud to partner with the Conservation Symposium, which is an annual event that has been running since 2012. This innovative platform was created to facilitate the sharing of ideas and lessons and the co-creation of solutions to contemporary conservation issues in Africa. 

Whether you are a film production agency or a freelancer in need of multifaceted and spectacular natural settings, or an aspiring film student looking for the perfect playground to shoot your nature documentary CapeNature has the ultimate host of nature reserves to satisfy all your nature-inspired filming needs.

On one of their rare breaks during the festival, the comedy troupe was whisked away by CapeNature for an outing to the entity’s award-winning Kogelberg Nature Reserve and the popular penguin colony in Betty’s Bay, Stony Point.

The event coincided with International Day for Biological Diversity – an annual calendar day set aside to bring awareness to the importance of biodiversity. This year’s theme, “Building a shared future for all life”, presented the perfect learning opportunity to guide the next generation on how they can build an inclusive future by caring for nature.

It is through collaborations and excellent working relationships that we are collectively able to manage veld fires that may pose a threat in the Western Cape.

The online event was presented to more than 200 registered delegates. The Review provides an opportunity for CapeNature and partners to showcase “a year in review”. The apt theme of “Resilience is in our Nature” opened the opportunity to reflect on resilience thinking.

A freshwater fish survey was conducted in the poort following a report of the presence of alien and invasive sharptooth catfish in the river. CapeNature faunal ecologists sampled seven sites in three days and detected healthy populations comprising several size classes for all three indigenous minnow species.

On Friday, 3 June 2022 the Western Cape Government and CapeNature, celebrated the launch of the Berg Estuary as a Ramsar site with the unveiling of an official Ramsar signboard located at the start of the estuary, ahead of World Environment Day.

Plan a road trip with family and friends to visit one of the six CapeNature reserves that have a newly installed outdoor selfie frame!

The CapeNature Cubs Club is a digital platform for children between the ages of 4 and 13 years, where they can learn more about nature and how to protect it.

It is not possible to talk about the biodiversity of the Western Cape Province without mentioning the smallest world-renowned floral kingdom, the Greater Cape Floristic Region. This floristic region consists of the Core Cape sub-region and the Extra Cape sub-region respectively, better known as the Fynbos Biome and the Succulent Karoo Biome.

The City Nature Challenge is an international BioBlitz type competition that took place between 29 April and 2 May this year. Twelve South African municipalities participated, with six of these being in the Western Cape including the City of Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Garden Route, Overstrand, Southern Overberg and West Coast.