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.
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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
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

Why we should give this slow grower a break
Fynbos must burn. But there’s one notable loser when fynbos burns too often in the Kogelberg Biosphere: it’s a pretty protea that only occurs in our corner of the earth.

Your neighbours are wild – tips to live in a biosphere
If you live in the Kogelberg Biosphere, chances are you’ve had a first-hand encounter in your home, garden or community space with some more unusual members of our wonderful wildlife.
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.