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Dyer Island Conservation Trust

Science And Conservation On The Agenda At The 6th Southern African Shark And Ray Symposium

Between the 17th to 19th of November 2021, over 80 delegates comprising of marine biologists, researchers, students, conservationists, and government officials gathered in Gansbaai for the 6th Southern African Shark and Ray Symposium. Hosted by the Dyer Island Conservation Trust and Marine Dynamics Shark Tours, this biennial meeting of the academic community provided an opportunity for research updates, collaboration, and inspiration. [...]

November 24th, 2021|DICT, Dyer Island Conservation Trust|
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Avian Influenza

  “When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they do get worse, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they must get better.” Quote adjusted from original quote by Malcom Forbes There is an outbreak of Avian Influenza amongst seabirds in the Western Cape. A disaster [...]

October 22nd, 2021|APSS, Dyer Island Conservation Trust|
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DEEP Year End Camp 2021

Nature walks, environmental quizzes, a trust walk, spider webs, water safety and canoeing on the Stanford River, were just some of the fun-filled activities of the DEEP Year end camp. The Dyer Island Conservation Trust’s Environmental Education Programme, known as DEEP, works with dedicated learners from Masakhane Primary school. The programme started in 2016 and runs for three years, with a [...]

October 11th, 2021|DICT, Dyer Island Conservation Trust|
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Trash Free Environment

Still working under the theme: "Keep Trash In The Bin And Not In The Ocean". Picking up litter is a simple environmental action to make the world better. Even children can and they gladly do it. We are proud of this young generation of environmentalists who joined hands in cleaning up Masakhane on the 25th of September. This clean-up reminded us [...]

October 6th, 2021|DICT, Dyer Island Conservation Trust|
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Fighting For Trash Free Seas In 2021

An estimated 150 people gathered at Gansbaai harbour to participate in International Coastal Clean Up Day, a global movement started over thirty-five years ago by the Ocean Conservancy. This is a day when the concerned citizens of the world gather to clean the coastline of human generated trash. Each area has a different signature in terms of what washes up, and [...]

September 18th, 2021|DICT, Dyer Island Conservation Trust|
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Khula Cape Foundation Supports Environmental Education

The Dyer Island Conservation was very pleased to receive a R10 000 grant from the Khula Cape Foundation for their long standing environmental education programme. The mission of the Khula Cape Foundation is to preserve, promote and encourage literature, the visual and performing arts and the natural and cultural environment in the Western, Eastern and Northern Cape Provinces. In 2016, the Trust [...]

September 12th, 2021|DICT, Dyer Island Conservation Trust|
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Step It Up This Recycle Week

Step It Up This Recycle Week' is the theme for 2021. Recycle Week (13-18 Sep) is an annual event designed to celebrate and promote the benefits of recycling. This event on the environmental calendar highlights opportunities where we can implement positive changes that will help protect our planet. Recycle Week advertising campaigns encourages the recycling of products and packaging, so that [...]

September 12th, 2021|APSS, DICT, Dyer Island Conservation Trust|
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Arbor Week 2021

To honour Arbor Day, the Dyer Island Conservation Trust collaborated with CapeNature and the Overstrand Municipality to plant 40 trees in  Willem Appeldam Picnic Area  in Stanford. Trees were sponsored by CapeNature and the Overstrand Municipality and included indigenous species -  Wild Olives,  Kei Apple,  Yellow Wood,  Cape Ash, Water Pear .  Phunyuzwa Xhegwana from CapeNature gave a brief overview of [...]

September 3rd, 2021|DICT, Dyer Island Conservation Trust|
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Road Trip with Plastics|SA in Preparation for International Coastal Cleanup Day

International Coastal Cleanup Day (ICCD) takes place on 18 September, and volunteers from all around the world will help to bring the goal of a plastic and litter-free ocean a little closer. The ICCD has been taking place for more than 30 years, always on the third Saturday in September. What began in 1986 with only 2,800 volunteers in Texas, United [...]

August 30th, 2021|DICT, Dyer Island Conservation Trust|
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Africa’s first-ever Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Day ignites global movement to protect the oceans

The Dyer Island Conservation Trust was honoured to be part of the alliance arranging the first every Marine Protected Areas Day on the 1st August, and took part in a live webinar from the African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary, and then a fun and educational twitter chat. See below the official press release for how MPA Day went, and you can [...]

August 9th, 2021|APSS, DICT, Dyer Island Conservation Trust|
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Registered NPO

The Dyer Island Conservation Trust is a registered non-profit organisation

Trust reg: IT4436/2005
NPO Number: 052-024
PBO Number: 930032314