DICT Environmental Education Programme Camp October 11, 2016Pinkey Ngewu The Dyer Island Conservation Trust has always been involved with local school groups and earlier this year we launched project “DEEP” (DICT Environmental Education Programme). DEEP envisions that environment education should reach all children before the age of 12 years in order to ensure that the ethos of conservation and respect for [...]
MARINE EVENING WITH GIBBS KUGURU - HAMMERHEAD SHARKS AND GENETICS September 26, 2016 Brenda du Toit Passionate conservationist and accomplished speaker, Gibbs Kuguru was the recent speaker at the Marine Dynamics marine evening on the 27th September. Gibbs Kuguru is a final year candidate for his MSc in Genetics from Stellenbosch University. His research is primarily focused on the smooth hammerhead sharks [...]
Whale Festival 2016 October 04, 2016 Anwynn Louw The Hermanus whale festival started 25 years ago. Residents and visitors from all over the world visit the coastal town of Hermanus to see the Southern Right whales and other marine wildlife. This festival focuses on ocean-themed activities, exhibitions and fun for all ages. It is the only eco-marine festival in South Africa. [...]
MARINE DYNAMICS TAKES CONSERVATION AWARD April 21, 2015 by dyertrust Our Tourism Partners - Judges' reasons for winning: "Marine Dynamics provide very high quality shark cage diving experiences. They operate in a sector where there is rightly a lot of criticism of current practice. Marine Dynamics are industry leaders, a commercial operation which operates to the highest conservation standards, where every [...]
August 06, 2015 by dyertrust Jacques Costeau once said the best way to observe a fish, is to become a fish and this is exactly how one feels while descending on this dive! As we dropped down beneath the water surface our line of sight was immediately consumed by the vast shoals of Yellowtail comrading together like foot soldiers rushing to [...]
Arbor Week 2016 - Trees For Life September 13, 2016 Brenda du Toit The Dyer Island Conservation Trust Environmental Education Programme (DEEP) went tree planting in the Franskraal Milkwood Forest for Arbor Day. Benjamin Kondokter of the Overstrand Municipality arranged the four white milkwood (Sideroxylon inerme) trees which were planted by the group. The milkwood is a protected tree in South [...]
Tagging success! August 06, 2015 by dyertrust Alison Towner DICT Marine Biologist It is now peak winter season here in the Western Cape. At this time of year we tend to get extreme cold fronts interspersed by one or two windless days followed by another cold front! On the morning of Tuesday 28th July, a 3m swell with very little wind [...]
African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary Penguin Release December 17, 2016 Trudy Malan On Monday, 12 December 2016, we released a crèche of African penguin fledglings on Dyer Island. Rearing and releasing African penguin chicks is always an emotional journey full of fluff (literally) and proud “parental” moments. From the first swim, when they frantically flap their flippers as if they were [...]
Marine Evening: Turtle Talk August 31, 2016 Meredith Thornton At the latest Marine Evening held by the Dyer Island Conservation Trust, the Great White House had a full house of conservation-minded people gathered to listen to fascinating stories and information shared with us by Maryke Musson, curator of the T
Direct impacts of oil spill in Eastern Cape but this is only tip of the ice berg... August 30, 2016 Anwynn Louw The visuals of oiled African penguins is always enough to generate an emotional response of outrage and sadness. The amazing work done by the NGO's in the field of penguin & seabird rescue are highlighted. But behind these images [...]