CapeNature House
- Address
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Belmont Office Park, Belmont Road
Rondebosch
7701
South Africa - Ads
- Phone:
- (021) 659 3400
- Website:
- http://www.capenature.org.za
CapeNature is a public institution with the statutory responsibility for biodiversity conservation in the Western Cape. It is governed by the Western Cape Nature Conservation Board Act 15 of 1998 and mandated to: promote and ensure nature conservation; render services and provide facilities for research and training; and generate income.
CapeNature is driven by the vision to establish a successful ‘Conservation Economy’ - embraced by all citizens of the Western Cape and to transform biodiversity conservation into a key component of local economic development in the province. Our own definition of a conservation economy is an economy in which key principles and practices of biodiversity conservation have been fully integrated into all forms and levels of economic activity.
To locate biodiversity conservation in the mainstream of local economic development through the establishment of a conservation economy the Western Cape. The establishment of a successful ‘Conservation Economy’ - embraced by all citizens of the Western Cape and to transform biodiversity conservation into a key component of local economic development in the province.