Indigenous Climate Observatories
Today was an exciting day! We got to plant the first pepper bark seedling in one of the communities!
Together with local leaders we chose the best spot for this little one: a local school, so that the children at this school can get to learn about the importance of the local trees. We hope that this little one will grow into a strong and caregiving tree, just like the children who water it!
Taking part in this conference with an exhibition was a great opportunity to show the Climate Observatories’ processes of engaging local communities as active members in conservation and biodiversity management efforts. We got to talk with many interesting researchers, to share ideas and to reflect on what such processes could to in safeguarding biodiversity. We also took part with a presentation, given by project member: Meshack N. Dludlu. We were one of the only once talking about flora. Most presentations were about snakes and birds! Exciting (and scary!).
