When Eugéne Hahndiek, conservation manager at Nuwejaars Wetlands Special Management Area, posted a photo of a dainty fynbos flower on iNaturalist in August 2022 he never thought it could be a species believed to have been extinct for 42 years.
More than 30 years after the Lapalala Wilderness School was founded by Clive Walker and Dale Parker, it officially opened its doors to the new school building
Cape Town has been named the biodiversity capital of the world, but sadly also the extinction capital of the world. Of the city’s 19 veld types, six are found only in Cape Town. Dr Caitlin von Witt says this unique diversity is partly the result of the varying climate, topography and soils.
Gardeners monitor one of the fynbos circles. (Photo: Caitlin von Witt)
In partnership with the City of Cape Town, FynbosLIFE has created two veld circles so far as part of the FundaFynbos project to showcase two of Cape Town’s endemic and endangered veld types: Peninsula Granite Fynbos and Cape Flats Dune Strandveld.