The essence of capturing marine life
Last night, while doing some underwater photography, a group of three young fishermen approached me and asked what I was doing. Interesting they said. In response to my query of […]
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Marine Stranding’s in the Garden Route : information for rescue, handling and recovery.
Washed up. The Southern Cape coastline boasts a dynamic ocean and shoreline driven by strong winds and strong currents and the relatively shallow seabed of the Agulhas Bank which extends […]
Coastal Cleanup Day in the Garden Route.
International Groundswell. As part of the International Coastal Cleanup Day on the 21st September, the Strandloper Project undertook a combined beach and reef clean up. Locals Caring in the Garden […]
Livestock Shepherding to Reduce Wildlife Conflict and Foster Biodiversity On Livestock Farms in the Karoo, South Africa.
Global Populations and Agriculture Threaten Biodiversity. As the world rallies to combat the global risk of climate change and population growth, urgent action to implement a balance to conserve natural […]
Marine biodiversity disrupted by recreational fishing entanglements and discards in the Garden Route.
On the 30th June, members of the Strandloper Project set off down to their primary reef transect at Gericke’s Point to attempt a reef survey and to recover snagged recreational […]
Hiking through the origins of human thought in the Southern Cape.
‘On this intertidal shelf, you can forage for 90 minutes and collect more than your daily energetic requirements’ Archaeological Sites in the Garden Route. We had arrived beneath the pastel […]
An expedition through human origins
When we began our plans for the Strandloper Project coastal expedition, the route was chosen with careful consideration. Ghost Fishing at Gericke’s Point. From our ghost fishing studies at Gericke’s […]
Strandloper Project hunts down Dirty Dozen in the Garden Route.
Plastic Pollution is the Modern Landscape. They are everywhere. In parks, along the beach, in the dunes and lining forest paths. Trash has become an everyday sighting. In a country […]
Fair Game Launch a new era of livestock shepherding in the Karoo.
The future of livestock farming has many obstacles facing it. Drought is the immediate concern, but trends of rising consumer pressure for ethically reared and sourced livestock products are already […]
Flight into a greener future.
South Africa is poised on the cusp of experiencing an proliferation of mega wind farms erupting across the landscape. In a country blessed with unique and diverse avian species, bird monitors, Mark and Amanda Dixon, ponder whether sufficient mitigation procedures have been instigated to prevent displacement and accidental deaths of bird populations
