Sustainable Natural Resource Management
Sustainable Harvesting of Wild Rooibos
Indigo has been working closely with small scale rooibos tea farmers to explore ways of sustainable harvesting of Wild Rooibos. We have compiled this information as a manual available in English and Afrikaans.
For more information contact:
Rhoda Malgas -
Rooibos Ecology
Indigo has been involved in Mapping different ecotypes of Aspalathus linearis (Rooibos) in the Cedarberg and Bokkeveld area. Further reserach is exploring the ecology and its threatened plants in the ecosystems associated with Wild Rooibos.
For more information contact:
Rhoda Malgas -
CREW Nieuwoudtville
Indigo houses the Nieuwoudtville CREW group and organises local events such as Plant Monitoring Day, The Nieuwoudtville Summer and Winter School and biodiversity monitoring activities in collaboration with SANBI / CREW.
For more information contact:
Estholene Moses -
Monitoring of Rare Species
Indigo monitors various threatened and rare plants in the Nieuwoudtville area. We work with farmers and scientists to conserve the unique local biodiversity.
Indigo also convenes the Nieuwoudtville Biodiversity Support Group - a local stakeholder group wanting to protect local biodiversity.
Indigo is also working in close partnership with SANBI and the new Hantam National Botanical Garden - situated just 3 km South of Nieuwoudtville.
For more information contact:
Donna Kotze -
Wupperthal Small Grant Project
Indigo has been working in partnership with the Environmental Monitoring Group and the Wupperthal community to find collaborative ways to curb land erosion and degradation in innovative ways.
For more information contact:
Rhoda Malgas -
Organic Product and Certification Support
Indigo has been supporting the Heiveld and Wupperthal tea producers to comply with organic certification. This included advice and participatory mapping of all the rooibos tea lands for the farmers.
For more information contact:
Rhoda Malgas -
Management of Alien Grasses
Alien invasive grasses are increasingly threatening the rare and special plants. In the Nieuwoudtville Wild Flower Reserve Indigo is currently undertaking trials to establish best management for wild oat infested Dolerite Renosterveld.
This proejct is funded by CEPF and is implemented with support of Simon Todd (UCT) and Eugene Marinus (SANBI).
For more information contact:
Bettina Koelle -