Hello. This is Greenheart’s eco-assessment & environmental planning blog page, which includes:

• Environmental Assessments
• Environmental Planning
• Other comments on environmental concerns of the Overberg area
• Environmental data of concern to environmental management
• Plot clearing and public land clearing
• Cost data gathered from environmental projects
• Transferable technology to other projects and areas
• Environmental Management
• A history of environmental matters

Greenheart is now situated in Sedgefield and operates mainly in the Knysna, Sedgefield and Wilderness area. Their expertise in the Overberg translates well into this area.

A thorough assessment of the environment of any project will lead to much better understanding. In the planning phase of the project, this can save you time and money, especially in the long term. A well-planned project integrated into the natural environment will lead to long term stable and sustainable project for the future. Risks of disasters are reduced, conservation of water and soils is enhanced. Destruction or reduction of biodiversity is avoided.

The environment consists of a diverse range of factors acting directly and interacting with each other. This will produce a range of outcomes in the long term which may be detrimental to a project.

Greenheart Projects can help you with your project

Greenheart Projects has the skills and knowledge, with over 30 years of experience, to get your project on the right track to lead to a stable and sustainable future for your project. This will save you money in the short and long term with a thorough eco-assessment & environmental planning of all the factors which may affect your project.

Greenheart can help you from your garden or home plot to large scale public or private landscape projects. Greenheart also does eco-friendly plot clearing, drainage or water issues. They have a great deal of experience in the Overberg area to arrive at cost effective solutions to any environmental problems including risk analysis.

For more information on eco-assessment & environmental planning blog, see the results below. for further information go to the About Eco-Assessment page or Greenheart Facebook page for recent posts or Botfriends Facebook page for past posts.

A complete list of blog posts are listed under Categories, to the right of this page with appropriate sub categories (over 90 posts), or go to the Home page. and click on the appropriate sub category.

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  Land-use and an ecological plan around the Bot Estuary.
  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 River Estuary in the Hermanus area of the Western Cape in South Africa. Historically, this area has not had much of an ecological plan and… Read more: Land-use and an ecological plan around the Bot Estuary.
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  Invasive plant species Fisherhaven pamphlet
  The main invasive plant species for Fisherhaven pamphlet was produced a few years ago (2017). It is still very valid and the information has not changed. In the intervening years the alien plant invasions have become worse with a greater fire hazard, more drying out of an already dry area and more damage to wetlands… Read more: Invasive plant species Fisherhaven pamphlet
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  Trees for the Fisherhaven area
  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 the green areas (thousands removed in 2019 – 2020). A pamphlet on the most invasive plants was produced in 2020. Many gardens have Australian Myrtle… Read more: Trees for the Fisherhaven area
• Bot Estuarine Management Plan
  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 for the development of the new Bot Estuary breaching and management plan, which is about to come out. There are a number of comments on… Read more: Bot Estuarine Management Plan
• Problem identification & problem solving
  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 my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper… Read more: Problem identification & problem solving