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Cape Flats Nature Reserve, University of the Western Cape, Bellville South Type of site: Nature Reserve This nature reserve of more than 20 hectares provides a haven for rare and typical flora and fauna of the Cape Flats. The reserve is a unique conservation project, and offers opportunity for research into diseases and the propagation of the ...
CapeNature, the Western Cape provincial conservation authority, manages Driftsands Nature Reserve on the Cape Flats, and the eastern part of the Kogelberg Nature Reserve. A small area of the Hottentots-Holland Nature Reserve also falls within the city limits of Cape Town.
The University of the Western Cape (UWC; Afrikaans: Universiteit van Wes-Kaapland) is a public research university in Bellville, near Cape Town, South Africa. The university was established in 1959 by the South African apartheid government as a university for Coloured people only. Other universities in Cape Town are the University of Cape Town ...
Rondebosch Common is a National Monument and an important conservation area for the critically endangered Cape Flats Sand Fynbos vegetation. This type of fynbos exists only in Cape Town, and has become critically endangered due to the urban development which has covered most of the Cape Flats.
Grassy Park – Known for its wetlands and proximity to the Rondevlei Nature Reserve. Heideveld – A suburban area with strong ties to Cape Town's urban development plans. The Cape Flats remains a vibrant and dynamic region with ongoing efforts to address socio-economic challenges and preserve its rich heritage.
This conservation area conserves the unique local “Cape Flats Dune Strandveld” vegetation with its dense evergreen thickets, flowers, shrubs and trees. The last remaining forest of the endangered White Milkwood tree (Sideroxylon inerme) on the Cape Flats is found on this reserve, and it is also home to the largest and highest dune system on the Cape Peninsula.
The reserve is one of the few City of Cape Town nature reserves where it is possible to find white-tailed rat (Mystromys albicaudatus) and aardvark (Orycteropus afer). The holotype of Blaauwberg dwarf burrowing skink (Scelotes montispectus) was collected within Blaauwberg Nature Reserve. Besides the population of white-tailed rat, which is ...
Edith Stephens Wetland Park is a nature reserve for wetlands and fynbos, located in the city of Cape Town, South Africa.. The park consists of a large seasonal wetland, with surrounding stretches of Cape Flats Sand Fynbos and Cape Flats Dune Strandveld vegetation. [1]