WATCH: Residents invited to join conservancy
The group undertakes various initiatives including environmental education presentations at schools, tree planting, clean-ups and the eradication of the invasion of alien plants.
THE Yellowwood Park Conservancy is appealing to residents with an interest in conservation to join their group of dedicated volunteers who have various projects in and around the community.
The conservancy has been in existence since the 1970s and according to the group’s chairperson, Gavin Hegter, it is arguably one of the oldest urban conservancies in the country, which plays a role in being the guard of protected areas.
“The role of the conservancy is to attend to conservation-related matters outside of protected areas like nature reserves. An important aspect of any conservation effort is education, so we involved learners from Yellowwood Park Primary School, which has a junior conservancy team to create more awareness and culture for preservation among the youth,” said Hegter.
With a number of projects being undertaken, including the Yellowwood Park Post Office’s indigenous garden project, the team have also joined forces with the Centre for Rehabilitation of Wildlife (Crow) where they have multiple projects running.
“We are currently engaged in an alien invasive plant project at Crow, where our members clean up the invasive plants and are also working on the rehabilitation of Crow’s wetland area. We also have an alien invasive plant project that is funded by NPC Intercement.
“We conduct various initiatives including environmental education presentations at schools, tree planting, clean-ups and the eradication of the invasion of alien plants and would like more residents, especially young people, to get involved in the conservancy,” said Hegter.
WATCH: https://youtu.be/FVAYEOMV3Po
The conservancy meets on the second Saturday of each month, and members enjoy a social bring and braai after the meeting. Anyone interested in joining can contact Gavin Hegter on 072 821 1917.
DID YOU KNOW?
Click on the words highlighted in red to read more on this and related topics. To receive news links via WhatsApp or Telegram, send an invite to 084 418 2286.
The Southlands Sun is also on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram – why not join us there?
Do you have more information pertaining to this story? Feel free to let us know by commenting on our Facebook page or you can contact our newsroom on 031 903 2341 and speak to a journalist.
(Comments posted on this issue may be used for publication in the Sun)
