Eco General posts - Greenheart

Land-use and an ecological plan around the Bot Estuary.

Mike Austin 2022-05-10 No Comments

A land-use and an ecological plan around the Bot Estuary is necessary as a first step in establishing a sound, stable, economically viable and sustainable environment around the critical Bot [...]

Trees for the Fisherhaven area

Mike Austin 2022-04-02 No Comments

Over the years many invasive trees and shrubs have been planted in the Fisherhaven area. Especially pines, which when mature shed millions of seeds, many of which have germinated in [...]

Bot Estuarine Management Plan

Mike Austin 2022-03-30 No Comments

The Bot Estuarine Management Plan covers the area from Hawston, through part of Afdaks Trust land, Including Meerensee and Fisherhaven, across the Estuary to Kleinmond. It will be the master [...]

Problem identification & problem solving

Mike Austin 2022-02-28 No Comments

Clear identification of the problem is the key to solving the problem correctly. Einstein has been quoted as having said “if I had an hour to solve a problem and [...]

This gallery of indigenous vegetation flowering around the estuary, taken by a local friend of the Bot River Estuary, and published on his Facebook page Fisherhaven Flora. Indigenous vegetation flowering [...]

Clearing aliens from public green spaces

Mike Austin 2022-02-25 No Comments

A need for follow up clearing of aliens from public spaces is reaching crisis proportions. During 2018-2020 the clearing of alien vegetation from over 20ha of public spaces in Fisherhaven [...]

Rainfall Fisherhaven January 2022

Mike Austin 2022-02-11 No Comments

Rainfall for Fisherhaven Overberg as recorded from 2017 to 2022. The rainfall for January 2022, as recorded for Fisherhaven was extremely low, only 1.5mm, the previous amount of rain of [...]

World wetland day

Mike Austin 2022-02-01 No Comments

The theme for World Wetland Day 2 February,2022 is “Wetland action for people and nature”. Wetlands contain the most diverse number of vegetative species in the world. The United Nations [...]

Publications on Environmental Aspects

Mike Austin 2021-12-28 No Comments

The CEO of Greenheart Projects, Michael Austin, has written, co-authored or contributed to a number of publications on environmental aspects. These all appeared on the Botfriends website, built and owned [...]

Clearing alien plants in Fisherhaven

Mike Austin 2021-11-18 No Comments

The clearing of alien plants in Fisherhaven was part of the Botfriends Challenge with the updated data presented in a previous post. Areas were rated in terms of their level [...]

Category: Eco General posts

Land-use and an ecological plan around the Bot Estuary.

Trees for the Fisherhaven area

Bot Estuarine Management Plan

Problem identification & problem solving

Gallery of flower pictures

Clearing aliens from public green spaces

Rainfall Fisherhaven January 2022

World wetland day

Publications on Environmental Aspects

Clearing alien plants in Fisherhaven