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
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
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.
Animal patients flood into Western Cape’s first rescue centre
Already a number of injured and vulnerable animals – in desperate need of help – have received essential care at the Kogelberg Biosphere Wildlife Rescue and Training Centre. The centre, situated in the Kogelberg Biosphere, received its permit from CapeNature in December.
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.