Klipriver

Suikerboschrand  Conservancy                                               (Established  5 September 2002)

Situated between Johannesburg and Meyerton on the Klip river

Purpose

To promote a code of caring and sharing based on the knowledge that we cannot live alone on this planet and that we must expect to put back as much or more as we expect to take out in our lifetime.  We propose a living relationship of mutual trust and respect, a symbiosis of people with nature, to understand the limitations of our environment and to use that knowledge to plan ahead to provide and conserve for generations to come.

Vision

To attract like-minded individuals who seek to make a positive difference to both their own lives and those around them.  To conserve, protect, enhance and redirect our course and to become caretakers of the future.

We want to promote awareness of man’s dependence on the environment, and of its aesthetic, recreational, spiritual and economic value.  This includes the conservation of biotic diversity, the protection of the environment from pollution and mismanagement, the sustainable use of natural resources and the recognition of the interaction of people, resources and the environment.

To achieve all this we aim to raise funds by:

1. Sponsorships

2. Membership fees (R120 pa per household)

3. Educational field trips

4. Farmers markets

5. Arts and Crafts markets

6. Greening initiatives

7. Hiking trails

8. Bird watching

9. Recreational activities

10. Agritourism

11. Rural densification programmes

12. Specific recycling dumps

13. Link up with Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve

14. Newsletter – sponsor, advertise and educate

As we have a couple of wetlands in our area it is our mission to conserve them, ensuring that proper land management is followed, as well as managing resources better by taking ecological social and economic factors into account.

Mission 

To eventually provide the facilities, knowledge and expertise necessary to ensure the conservation, sustained use, appreciation and enjoyment of our fauna, flora, mountains, river and sky.  We wish to link conservation and development so that all people can maintain a reasonable way of life in our generation and those still to come.

1. Protect all plants, animals, birds, insects, reptiles and fish in the conservancy

2. Protect and conserve rivers, streams, wetlands and biodiversity in the conservancy

3. Protect all natural habits and resources and initiate greening projects

4. No hunting or poaching allowed

5. No off-roading by 4x4’s, motorbikes, 4 wheelers, etc. except at designated places

6. Be courteous at all times and allow cyclists, hikers and horse riders right of way

7. Hikers, horse riders, cyclist, campers, etc. to be courteous, and respectful to landowners and property.  Sites to be left as found and no plants or animals may be removed, hunted or harmed.  Litter to be taken home to be recycled.

8. No weapons may be fired randomly in the conservancy

9. No littering or dumping of refuse except at designated sites

10. Recycle where possible

11. No unattended fires (fires to be doused properly)

12. Alien plants to be eradicated

13. Speed limits and road signs to be obeyed

14. Correct fire breaks to be made and maintained

15. Fences to be erected and maintained