What do you need to know about living in a biosphere reserve? Here’s a list of the information, strategies and resources you should have on hand to guide Biosphere Living.
Our provincial conservation authority is CapeNature.
OUR Newsletters
Sustainable development & living, Kogelberg Biosphere, Overstrand Municipality
“Biosphere Living” Lightning, Betty’s Bay Conservancy
Building in the Kogelberg Biosphere, Overstrand Municipality
Melkhoutbome, Overstrand Municipality
UNESCO Man and the Biosphere programme
THE UNESCO MAB PROGRAMME
IN SOUTH AFRICA, 2019
– CapeNature Kogelberg Nature Reserve Map
The Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEADP) is a key partner. MORE
Kleinmond Fynbos
Die Kogelberg Biosfeer bied ‘n tuiste aan meer as 1 880 plantspesies waarvan 77 op geen ander plek op aarde voorkom nie. MEER
Other Documents
WESTERN CAPE BIOSPHERE
RESERVES ACT, 2011
ECOLOGY, VALUE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE KOGELBERG COAST, 2009, WWF‐CAPE Marine Programme
KOGELBERG COAST INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PLAN, 2010, C.A.P.E. –WWF
Marine Programme
Developing Sustainability Indicators for the
Kogelberg and Cape West Coast Biosphere
Reserves, South Africa, 2013, Colin Michael Tucker
LATEST NEWS
An urgent call to action: Conservation at a crossroads
Nearly half of the Kogelberg Biosphere is made up of formal protected areas. These serve as our core conservation zones – the places where nature is meant to flourish.
Explore and celebrate nature at this year’s Kleinmond Fynbos Festival
The Kleinmond Fynbos Festival, taking place from 3 to 11 October 2025, is a lively celebration of the Cape’s unique floral heritage, and in particular, the incredible work of our region’s nature-loving residents who protect it.
Biosphere Living
If you live in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve region, you’re already enjoying Biosphere Life. That means you can already enjoy all that Mother Nature offers you here, in this incredibly special part of the world.