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Plant conservation
South African grasslands
South African grasslands make up the least charismatic ecosystem, the easiest to overlook or misunderstand. Yet its importance is impossible to overstate. All livestock and much wildlife depends on the grass of these lands.
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South African desert
South Africa’s desert, tucked away in the northernmost reaches along the Orange River, was only recently declared a separate ecosystem. It is a land of hidden life, of mists and bejeweled lichen, speedy beetles that drink fog, of long-legged bushman grass and opportunistic flowers.
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Plant conservation in South Africa
Plant conservation in South Africa protects internationally recognised biodiversity regions. Fynbos, the world’s smallest and most concentrated floral kingdom is exceptionally high in endemics, as is the Succulent Karoo, which has no peer in arid area diversity.
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Nama Karoo conservation
Nama Karoo conservation was underrated for years. Yet this dwarf shrubland supports the most productive arid land in the world, home to plants with highly developed survival instincts. Once vast springbok migrations crossed the land. Sheep replaced them. But now the wild animals are returning.
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Succulent Karoo
Succulent Karoo plant conservation safeguards an arid area biodiversity hotspot unique in the world. Here is a land full of tiny miracles, the smallest succulent plants on earth that have undergone an explosion of evolution. Yet most know it just for its wildflower extravaganza in spring.
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Biodiversity in South Africa
South Africa’s biodiversity springs from the wealth of its ecosystems. An incredibly long coastline, craggy mountains, species-rich deserts, elephant-friendly thickets, montane forests, treed savannahs along with the incomparable Cape Floral Kingdom makes this one of the world's naturally richest countries.
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