Today, 13 March 2019, marks 21 years of conservation success in the world’s smallest floral kingdom, through the pioneering conservation work of the Table Mountain Fund (TMF). Launched by Sir Edmund Hillary at the initiative of WWF South Africa, the Table Mountain Fund has since invested
The 2018 financial year was an incredibly busy year for the Fund, but one that we look back on with pride. With 51 active conservation projects spread across the Cape Floristic Region (CFR), amounting to a total investment of a little under R5 million for
TMF is pleased to announce the funding of 14 new conservation projects located throughout the Cape Floristic Region (CFR). We congratulate the new recipients and look forward to working with them over the next three years, as together we protect and restore the rich biodiversity
Let’s face it: it’s one of those questions our children and grandchildren will probably ask us, and their children will probably ask them - and it would be rather nice to know what to say. The geology behind Table Mountain is something we don’t often engage
The Greater Kromme Stewardship (GKS) initiative has achieved a very exciting milestone: the first two Protected Areas were recently declared through the GKS initiative, namely the Kromensee Nature Reserve and the Sand River Private Nature Reserve. The GKS initiative was established by the Wind Energy Collective
1. INTRODUCTION The Table Mountain Fund (TMF) was established in 1998 with funds from local and international sources. TMF is a significant partner of C.A.P.E. (Cape Action for People and the Environment), the multi-stakeholder conservation partnership that drives fynbos conservation efforts. Furthermore, the fund aims
Have you ever thought it a little strange to hear hikers recounting beautiful ‘fields of Cape Snow’ in the middle of the Cape summer? Syncarpha vestita is indeed our very own form of ‘Cape Snow’ when, between the months of November and January,1 our mountainsides
The Table Mountain Fund seeks to appoint a service provider to compile a Resource Mobilization Strategy. For more information, or to register your interest, contact Kerry Maree, kmaree@wwf.org.za, before 12 February 2018.
Perhaps the most brilliant feature of pelargoniums is their aromatic scent. Sweet rose, citrus and peppermint are just some of the fragrances you’re likely to get a whiff of while walking through the fynbos with any of these bright, evergreen shrubs are around. Commonly known as
‘We’re almost out of wood’, was the utterance from around the fire, followed by an anxious hush. Temperatures on the mountainside had plummeted when the sun set, and the embers were our only real source of heat. As we sought to hatch a plan as