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Upland River Conservation
South Africa
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 7 ม.ค. 2020
Upland River Conservation NPC is an environmental project implementor. Our aim is to achieve real delivery of environmental projects on the ground. Projects are put together and put to the market in search of funders and partners. All projects fall within South Africa's critical water source areas, and the focus is on the immediate buffer zone of the Moloti Drakensberg UNESCO heritage site and adjacent areas above tbe 1300 ASL contour line.
River Monitors uMngeni
A quick check in on some of our river monitoring activities. This time at the Dargle falls on the uMngeni River, where we take a look at two of our our parameters and take in an aerial view of the catchment above.
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Tragedy in the hills
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Environmental tragedy in our water catchments brought about by the combination of unprecedented weather events associated with climate change, coupled with overgrazing.
High altitude catchment work
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A site inspection of a recently completed work site. We removed alien invasive pinus patula trees from the steep ravine as part of our ongoing endevours to improve the quantity and quality of water flowing in the headwaters of the uMngeni River, Kwa-Zulu Natal Province, South Africa.
The River Monitors Initiative
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Introducing the River Monitors: A small Initiative with big impacts. By employing locals to monitor your stream or river under our guidance, you open the door to future project and funding opportunities. This initiative sets the foundation, at a low investment, which enables bigger things in the future, while raising awareness and providing management information along the way. For more info, v...
The landscape filter
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Exploring why the entire landscape in a catchment is important in river conservation work. This footage was shot in the upper uMngeni River catchment.
Why grasslands are important
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A quick look at a small tributary of the upper Bushmans River in KZN near Giants Castle and a view of why it is so silt-laden.
The Plight of the Poort
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A secluded valley hides an impending erosion catastrophe. Many tons of topsoil are about to be washed into a pristine mountain stream. We have not yet found funding for this mini project ....the clock is ticking.
The Furth stream
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The Furth stream is an important tributary of the uMngeni River. It rises further along the same plateau as the main river, and tumbles down beside Inhlosane mountain to join the main river in the Dargle Valley.
The Poort Forest
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Taking a walk through the forest alongside the little known Poort stream. This is a key tributary of the very upper uMngeni River, and is a little known gem. You can learn more about this important stream at: www.uplandrivers.com/blog/6spvgu4tt09wqmz5ccvav10m0d73gn
The Impendle Vlei Initiative quick intro
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A brief introduction to where the Impendle Vlei is, what it looks like, and a few notes on conservation ambitions in the area
URC StreamSide Restoration sub project
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This video is intended as an aid to our print-ready project proposal. The proposal is a component of the larger "Upper uMngeni Super Catchment Project" proposal. For either of these proposals please mail andrew/"at"/fowlerconsult.com, and I will mail them to you. You can also visit our website to see an abbreviated list and summary of our project proposals.
Upland River Conservation Intro
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A short video about what Upland River Conservation does, and plans to do.
The Wattle problem explained
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Explaining why wattle trees are a problem in South Africa, and why we aim to remove them, when everyone else in the world is advocating the planting of trees.
SASS on the Upper Umgeni
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We join Maxi and Jake as they perform a SASS assessment. This system uses invertebrate populations to determine river health, and is a useful benchmark in measuring progress of environmental projects.
Straighten those props before you start. Keep up the good work, can almost see my house by Springrove
And what was so upsetting about this video?
Well, a large portion of the topsoil off the overgrazed hillside has slipped down the mountain, the stream has turned into an erosion gully, and the river has a huge sediment dump. These things don't repair themselves, and even if our country had the resources to fence it off, build gabions and tackle the overgrazing, repair might take a few hundred years. This tends to invoke a depressing sense of loss amongst those who know.
Ah!........not the Dargle in Ireland then.
No @brendancoburn427 , but there is a connection. Our valley was named after the Irish valley by early colonial settlers in no small part due to the uncanny resemblance of a nearby mountain to that of their own mountain back home in Ireland.
Inspiring efforts Andrew and your teams..Kind regards Keith
Well done Andrew - thanks for the feedback!
This organisation does great work. Nurturing the upper reaches of the river catchments is an integral part in ensuring sustainable water for our growing population. Carry on the great work, Andrew and Co!
Great initiative!
Thanks for sharing!! we have these trees in maui. They are fast growing but easy to cut. I have been using hte chips because they are nitrogen fixers, but now i know to a little careful before using them. THink ill let it break down a bit more or using in just certain areas.
Hi. I think you will find that the use of a legume to fix nitrogen relates to the plant's processes affecting the soil surrounding its roots while living, but I don't think that using woodchips from that plant will have any effect on nitrogen in the soil....If I have understood your comment correctly. Here on the Eastern seaboard of South Africa the trees have no natural enemies, and growing conditions are perfect. Trees in our drier regions do not spread, and a friend in Ireland has one in his garden and its seeds don't germinate (it cant spread)...so check out your local conditions...you may be Okay. Thank you for your interest.
They are taking all our farm and we are losing the battle....
Oh no! Just bought a place in the south of France and a quarter of the property is covered in silver wattle and the slope just below it is washing away. Now I get it! Thanks for the explanation. All the more reason to eradicate it as best I can.
Glad to be of help...I had no idea my video would influence wattle problems in Europe :)
probably similar but these are black wattle
Is there any other platform we could perhaps talk more about it?
Hi V Era. No problem...drop me a mail on andrew "at" fowlerconsult.com
Hey! I hope you doing well I’m more interested in Wattle trees
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great explanation of this problem
Thanks for this document. I have embedded it in riversnetwork.org under www.riversnetwork.org/rbo/index.php/river-blogs/south-africa/item/6031-upland-river-conservation-intro-downstream-drakensberg-south-africa . Hope you will appreciate
Thank you so much!