WHERE we do it
uMkhanyakude (KZN)
The Trust’s work in the uMkhanyakude dates back to 2001, when work started on the Usuthu Gorge Community Conservation Area. Since then the range of initiatives has expanded significantly to include:
- Trees for Life project nodes in Khula Village, Zwenelisha, KwaJobe and KwaTembe
- The Khula Carbon Farmer partnership
- The Mkhuze Floodplain restoration project and associated Carbon Farmer project
- The Khula Village Cultural Heritage and Responsible Tourism project
- The Usuthu Gorge Community Conservation Area project
- The Tshanini/Bhekula Community Conservation Area project
- One Wild Series event, the Maputaland Challenge.
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uMkhanyakude Initiative(Green-Preneurship)(KZN)
The Trust’s activities provided income and livelihood support for 821 local community members, including 14 full-time green-preneur facilitators, 9 tree-custodians, 24 natural resource custodians and 774 tree-preneurs. Collectively these 821 community members worked 23 731 person days. Community m ...
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uMkhanyakude Initiative(KZN)(Restoration)
93 471 of the trees grown were planted back into the degraded areas associated with these communities. The anchor initiative is the Mkhuze Floodplain Restoration Project, supported by Rand Merchant Bank. This initiative was started in 2007 and has supported the planting of over 122 000 trees back on ...
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uMkhanyakude Initiative(KZN)(Stewardship)
uMkhanyakude is home to Wildlands’ first Community Conservation partnership, namely, the Usuthu Gorge Community Conservation Area. Nestled in the Lubombo Mountains along the Swaziland border, this 4000 ha conservation area forms a vital link in joining conservation areas in South Africa, Swaziland ...
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