Exploring the botanical wonders of the Overberg Renosterveld, South Africa

Online presentation from Cape Town, to mark International Women’s Day 2021 (one of our month long programme of events to celebrate this day).

In spring 2020 a unique opportunity arose to join the Overberg Renosterveld Conservation Trust (ORCT) to conduct botanical surveys across the region. Only 5% of this Critically Endangered vegetation type remains, mostly on the land of farmers in the region. A ground breaking conservation model sees the vegetation protected in perpetuity.
The monitoring of red listed species by a network of citizen scientists across South Africa under the auspices of South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and the Custodians of Rare and Endangered Wildflowers (CREW) programme was also discussed.

Petra Broddle volunteered at the SLBI for many years in our herbarium and beyond whilst she worked at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. She now lives back in South Africa but remains an enthusiastic supporter. She gave this talk for the SLBI on International Women's Day, 8 March 2021.
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