Conservation Mag https://conservationmag.org/ en-gb adriaan@conservationmag.org (Adriaan Buys) Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:10:54 +0200 JSitemap Pro https://conservationmag.org/images/ConservationMag144.png https://conservationmag.org/ Conservation Mag Women Who Keep the Wild Alive - Part Four https://conservationmag.org/en/environment/women-who-keep-the-wild-alive-part-four https://conservationmag.org/en/environment/women-who-keep-the-wild-alive-part-four In the fourth part of the Women Who Keep the Wild Alive series, we meet Naomi van Schalkwyk, whose various decades of botanical expertise have helped preserve and promote the fynbos of Still Bay and Hessequa. Her story brings us back to the importance of place: understanding and appreciating the plants, soils, and history of a landscape - and what makes it special.

]]> Environment Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:09:12 +0200 Women Who Keep the Wild Alive - Part Three https://conservationmag.org/en/environment/women-who-keep-the-wild-alive-part-three https://conservationmag.org/en/environment/women-who-keep-the-wild-alive-part-three Conversations with women leading conservation in South Africa - protecting our natural heritage and refusing to give up on nature. 

The third conversation in the Women Who Keep the Wild Alive series takes us into the extraordinary botanical diversity of the Southern Cape. Dr Christina Mars shows how curiosity, practical observation and years spent in the field can grow into a major contribution to local botanical knowledge. Her work also highlights a less visible side of conservation: the painstaking documentation of the plants that make each landscape unique, including species that may disappear before most people ever notice them.

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