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On the 17th of April 2024, Audrey Azoulay the UNESCO Director General, was hosted at the Cape Winelands Biosphere Reserve (CWBR) head office in Franschhoek for an afternoon showcase of the current CWBR activities and projects, as part of her official visit to South Africa.
“The Women in Conservation Kudu Award celebrates and recognises women who are ground-breakers in conservation, environmental education, tourism, and socio-economic development areas. For Bauer the award is for the children and because of the children”.
Fascinating cutting-edge research is going on within the Cape Floral Region, in Western Cape biosphere reserves.
The Cape Winelands Biosphere Reserve team took 24 participants from Bonnie Peoples Project, based in Bonnievale, and four visiting guests from Aidons Tous Solidarité, Luxembourg, to De Hoop Nature Reserve for a very special weekend of camping.
Cape Winelands Biosphere Reserve is now a member of the Western Cape Environmental Education Forum (WCEEF), also known as WC EE Friends! Three CWBR representatives attended the first ever WCEEF Environmental Education/ Education for Sustainable Development Regional Conference mid-August 2023 for some peer-to-peer learning, brainstorming, and networking.
Three Cape Winelands Biosphere Reserve (CWBR) team members attended a very special event in May 2023.
Representatives, including biosphere reserve CEO’s, team-members, project leaders, and AfriMAB Youth, from all ten South African biosphere reserves and the new Chimanimani biosphere reserve in Zimbabwe gathered in Magaliesberg Biosphere reserve…