Cape Floral Region Protected Areas Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2004, the property is located at the south-western extremity of South Africa. It is one of the world’s great centres of ...

The park is also part of the Cape Floral Region, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is home to thousands of plant species, many of which are found nowhere else on Earth.

The ‘Cape Floral Kingdom’ is home to thousands of plants unique to South Africa, and while fynbos thrives after fire, ecologists feel there are vital lessons to be learnt from the flames.

“ The Cape Floral Region is the most biodiverse, non-tropical hotspot in the world,” says Rhett Smart, Stewardship Officer for the Cape West Coast Biosphere Reserve, one of about two dozen global, ...

And while the Cape Floral Region accounts for less than 0.5% of Africa’s total surface, it’s home to nearly 20% of the continent’s flora. This page contains the following errors: ...

Event co-organiser Genie Vittu planned the packed programme to reflect the diversity of the Cape Floral Region, which is comprised of 13 protected areas in the Western and Eastern Cape.

UNESCO World Heritage Centre31 COM 7B.8 State of conservation of World Heritage Properties - Cape Floral Region Protected Areas The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Document ...