Celebrating Women in Conservation

Helene van der Westhuyzen by CapeNature Meet Helene van der Westhuyzen, Conservation Services Manager at CapeNature. We spoke to her as part of our women in conservation series for August (Women’s Month). Nature conservation officials are the heartbeat of an entity like CapeNature and they deal with a range of responsibilities, including resolving conflict between humans and wildlife, promoting environmental awareness, implementing stewardship strategies with landowners, and ensuring that regulations relating to fauna and flora are correctly enforced. Conservation officials need to be physically fit as well as target orientated with the ability to work independently.…
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Don’t Be Trashy!

Nature offers so much and it is the responsibility of us all to conserve the unique natural heritage resources of the Western Cape for the benefit of future generations.  Nature works like a natural factory to provide us with clean, fresh water and other natural ecosystem services. Water travels all the way from our majestic mountains, through rivers, wetlands and dams before it comes out of your tap. All rubbish ends up in our water ways and the ocean and has a severe impact on the natural environment.  The process starts with each one of us – to reduce our consumption…
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