WHAT we do
Restoration: CEBA Activities
Working on the philosophical understanding that human well-being is dependent on environmental health, Wildlands has adopted a CEBA (Community Ecosystems Based Adaptation) model as philosophical construct and organising principle for where we work and what we do. We in the process of mainstreaming it into the green economy as an adaptation tool that promotes social inclusiveness and sustainable development.
Activities that support the cleaning of our partner communities and restoration of their ecosystems by establishing partnerships that enable effective waste recycling, servicing businesses, academic learning, residential, charitable and government communities. We implement and help activate communities and staff to restore these vital ecosystems we all depend on.
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Sisonke Initiative: Marutswa Forest CEBA
The Marutswa Forest is one of 5 important forest areas situated around Bulwer town. The forest itself is reasonably intact, but its edges are heavily encroached by alien plants. There are 3 distinct residential areas in walking distance of the forest and thus it is heavily utilised for building ...
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eThekwini Initiative: uMbilo CEBA
This CEBA was initiated as a new generation partnership project between the eThekwini Municipality and Wildlands Conservation Trust, with the CEBA focusing on the restoration of the uMbilo River and the wetlands and forests associated with this river. Initiated in November 2011, with emphasis placed ...
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eThekwini Initiative: Inanda Mountain CEBA
This CEBA seeks to support the ongoing protection and restoration of Inanda Mountain. This mountain is a cherished cultural heritage site and one of the last intact natural areas within the eThekwini municipality. The Wildlands work in this area is done under contract to the eThekwini Municipali ...
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eThekwini Initiative: Buffelsdraai CEBA
This was initiated in 2008 as a strategic partnership with the eThekwini Municipality and Wildlands. The vision of this partnership was the restoration of the 809 hectare buffer zone around the Buffelsdraai landfill into a vibrant forest wetland and grassland ecosystem. This CEBA is anchored through ...
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uThungulu Initiative: Ongoye CEBA
The Ongoye CEBA aims to entrench and support the Mzimela community’s custodianship of the Ongoye Forest and the many riparian systems that feed through the Mzimela community into the uMlalazi River. The Mzimela community has looked after this forest for centuries, and the forest itself is recognis ...
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uThungulu Initiative: uMhlatuze Estuary CEBA
The uMhlatuze Estuary CEBA is the remnant of the once magnificent Richards Bay estuary which was dredged and converted into the Richards Bay harbour. Neighbouring on the estuary are the Dube and eSikhaweni communities, which are both incredibly poor communities despite their proximity to Richards Ba ...
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uMkhanyakude Initiative: Dukuduku Forest CEBA
Wildlands has worked with the Dukuduku communities since 2000, with emphasis on the Khula community, who moved out of the Dukuduku Forest in the early 1990s. Our current emphasis is on nurturing the establishment of a significant network of Tree-preneurs who can grow hundreds of thousands of ind ...
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eHlanzeni Initiative: Luphisi CEBA
This CEBA focuses on nurturing the transformation of the Luphisi community into a clean, green sustainable community. Our work is currently structured around a network of 197 Tree-preneurs who grew 144 563 trees over the past year. These trees are planted out by a small restoration team they have pl ...
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eKhuruleni Initiative: Katorus CEBA
Wildlands’ eKhuruleni Initiative was catalysed by Unilever SA, who wanted to expand the Trees for Life initiative into the Vosloorus community. This project node was the Trust’s first Gauteng project and has been a learning process, given the harsh climatic conditions that characterise the Highv ...
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Thungulu Initiative: Richards Bay Coastal Dune Forest CEBA
This CEBA builds on the work we have done in the Sokhulu and KwaMbonambi communities over the past decade, nurturing their environmental understanding and support for the restoration of the dune forest cordon between the iSimangaliso World Heritage area and Richards Bay town. This dune cordon is cur ...
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Ubuntu Earth – The work we do
At the heart of Wildlands work is the spirit of ‘uBuntu Earth’. uBuntu is an African term that is often translated as “I am who I am because of who we all are.” It speaks to our interconnectedness, our common humanity, goodness and the essence of being human. It says “we do not exist ...
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