Highlighting Biodiversity in the Boland

The Cape Leopard Trust (CLT), a leading conservation organisation focused on protecting the Cape’s leopards and promoting healthy ecosystems through research, education, and community engagement, have completed a re-survey across ~2500 km2 of the Boland Mountain Complex (BMC), mimicking the original CLT survey design and making use of 90 paired camera trap stations spread.

The recent survey reflects the scale and collaboration required to conduct an extensive field project. Conservation partners contributed expertise and logistics, landowners opened their properties for access, accommodation partners offered support, and dedicated rangers and volunteers assisted with on-the-ground fieldwork.

Read more in their published blog post: Back to the Boland! Spotting Leopards and Highlighting Biodiversity

The CLT BMC survey area extends from Bainskloof in the north, continuing south through the Limietberg, Jonkershoek, Hottentots-Holland mountains and Groenlandberg, all the way to the Kogelberg coast. This range places the survey within both the Cape Winelands and Kogelberg Biosphere Reserves.