We review and comment on the City of Cape Town's 2020 draft climate-change strategy – which ignores our unique biodiversity.
A sprawling groundcover, the Cape Flats Silkypuff (Diastella proteoides) has charming puff-like clusters of small flowers formed by rosettes of pointed pink star-like, hairy bracts.
Legendary Fynbos plantsman and Kirstenbosch horticuturist Anthony Hitchcock writes of restoring Whorl Heath (Erica verticillata) to the wild.
New Species Discovered at Tokai Park Critically Endangered Hidden Veldrush (Schoenus inconspicuus) described A new species of Sedge, the Hidden Veldrush (Schoenus inconspicuus), has been described from Tokai Park by…
The Paintball Hacks Our July Offensive Fighting invasives in the age of COVID-19: The Paintball Hackers go to work Our first month of Covid19 hacks is completed. Very many thanks…
Appreciating Nature in Lockdown Recording wildlife in our cities' backyards A hard COVID-19 lockdown and the fifth iNaturalist City Nature Challenge teach six southern African cities that conservation and environmental…
Paintball Hackers The Autumn-Winter Report The Paintball Hackers in search of invasive prey This autumn-winter (interrupted by the Covid19 Lockdown) our focus has been on the latest restoration block, A7b…
Jacques van der Merwe (centre) from the City of Cape Town teaches young scholars about wildlife and iNaturalist during the 2019 Cape Town City Nature Challenge Photo: Ismail Ebrahim The…
Ndumie Myataza (right) and colleagues from the Cape Town Environmental Education Trust (CTEET) coopt a baboon into manning their stall at Sunday's Fynbos Festival. The baboon later claimed to have…
Constantia Primary School learners, led by SANBI's Megan Smith and their educator, get an overview of Tokai Park from the Lower Tokai Park observation deck Classes in the Park –…
Learning, Naturally!Press release: Friends of Tokai ParkIt gives Friends of Tokai Park, its partners, funders and sponsors great pleasure to announce 2020's Nature Week, a key element of our Tokai…
The upper Tokai Park section of Table Mountain National Park represents the most extensive area where Peninsula Granite Fynbos can be restored. If invasive alien trees are removed, then Peninsula Granite Fynbos will stand a fighting chance to be upgraded from ‘Critically Endangered’ to ‘Endangered’ status. Since invasive alien trees have very few benefits to society, it is in our interest remove them and restore these priority areas.
Over 400 species of Cape Flats Sand Fynbos plants have returned to Tokai Park, 22 of them threatened with extinction. Pristine reference patches are unavailable for comparison, but Purcell’s historical records from the neighbouring Bergvliet Farm, list 615 plant species that provide focus for restoration efforts.
We are losing biodiversity at an unprecedented rate. What is causing this devastation in the Western Cape and how do we stop and reverse a process that threatens the global…
Jeremy Gilmore – FoTP Youth RepresentativeLower Tokai Park is a nature reserve currently governed by South African National Parks (SANParks). It makes up approximately 195 hectares (ha) and is situated…
