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The picture gallery for BCA is
in its development stages. The
galleries on this page consist
of pictures that were on the old
BCA website, but we hope to
expand that to include more
recent pictures of the
conservation area. If anybody
has interesting pictures, please
let us have them. Pictures can
be emailed to the
webmaster. |
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To view a gallery, click on the
"View the pictures" link at the
end of each section, the
pictures will open in a separate
window. As some of the pictures
are quite large, they may take a
while to open, so please be
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Flora of the BCA |
April/May 2007 |
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Bruce Sutherland, Principal
Photographer with the City of
Cape Town, has kindly allowed us
to publish photographs of plants
in the BCA he took during
autumn. »» View the pictures. |
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Clearing woody alien vegetation
in BCA |
May 2005 |
Invasive alien vegetation is a
major problem in the BCA and
teams are virtually continuously
at work clearing these.
»» View the pictures. |
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BCA Workers |
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Capacity-building and training,
as part of a poverty alleviation
programme, is taking place with
15 labourers who have been
recruited from DuNoon, which is
13 km from the BCA. Training is
taking place for two days each
month. The draft curriculum,
which has taken into account the
BCA management needs and the
aspirations of the trainees
includes: local flora and fauna,
tourism and hospitality links to
the BCA, fire fighting, First
Aid and Primary Health Care, use
of herbicides, bank accounts and
basic budgeting, literacy and
numeracy in the workplace, as
well as the appropriate use and
maintenance of tools. These
labourers also be work on the
ground in the reserve. »» View the pictures. |
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WESSA: Western Cape Friends
Group Get-together |
20 November
2004 |
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On Saturday 20 November 2004
WESSA: Western Cape held its
annual Friends Group
Get-together at the BCA. After
presentations by Adele
Pretorius, BCA nature
conservator, and Roy Fuller-Gee,
FoBCA, we headed off to Blouberg
Hill for an interesting 'tour'
and a picnic. »» View the pictures. |
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BCA Partnerships Promotion Event |
4 August 2004 |
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An important aspect of the
BCA-CEPF Project is the
establishment of partnerships
and the facilitation of civil
society involvement in the BCA.
Various organisations were
invited to attend an event held
at the Eerstesteen EE Centre on
4 August 2004 to learn more
about the BCA and explore the
wealth of opportunities it has
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There are numerous opportunities
for a range of groups and
organisations to become involved
in the BCA – from using it for
recreational and educational
purposes to helping provide
expertise to enhance and gain
further knowledge about this
valuable area. »» View the pictures. |
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BCA-EE Centre Launch |
19 February
2004 |
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The
Environmental
Education
(EE)
Centre
at
Eerstesteen
in
the
BCA
was
launched
on
19
February
2004.
A
cabin
was
donated
by
the
broadcast
company,
ESPN,
who
used
it
for
broadcasting
during
the
2003
Cricket
World
Cup.
Part
of
the
capital
budget
granted
by
the
City
to
the
BCA
for
2003/2004,
was
used
to
renovate
the
cabin. »» View the pictures. |
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