Farmers and landowners are stitching South Africa's wetlands back together
WWF South Africa's latest Living Planet reporting highlights how habitat loss is being reversed on the ground: in the Nuwejaars Wetlands near Elim, 25 landowners have signed title-deed restrictions to protect wetlands and their species from invasive plants, fires and sprawl. The report also credits WWF's Black Rhino Range Expansion Project with helping the species recover — practical proof that collective care brings landscapes back.
The upbeat factor25 neighbours legally bound their own land to protect a wetland — forever.
SDG 15 · Life on land — Mechanism: community action
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