* Monitoring of river and catchment pollution
* Aiding the authorities in being a “watchdog” and reporting to them instances of illegal dumping, poaching, barkstripping and illegal harvesting of indigenous plants
* Invasive alien plant eradication and problem plant control
* Education and awareness campaigns
* Monitoring of waste disposal sites
* Input into environmental impact assessment processes
* Reporting bad agricultural practices
* Indigenous landscaping in your district
* Waste recycling and reduction campaigns in your community
* Identification and monitoring of rare and endangered species
* Reducing industrial pollutants
* Community upliftment projects by finding ecologically and economically viable solutions to issues within previously disadvantaged communities
* Use and encourage others to plant more indigenous vegetation in their gardens and other more formal landscapes
* Lobby road and rail authorities to remove invasive vegetation along rail and road verges and centre meridians and plant indigenous instead
* Lobby local councils to leave or establish indigenous areas within public parks
* Eliminate toxic air, ground and aquatic emissions
* Encourage your community and local council to set aside greenbelts so as to insure free movement of wildlife
* Avoid fencing over rivers
* Conserving natural wetlands
FORMING THE CRADLE CONSERVANCY
A public meeting was held on 22nd June 2019 with interested individuals and parties
Structure of COHWHS Ass as umbrella organisation with area nodes proposed
Volunteers and nominations received on 22nd June 2019
A date for the new committee to meet and draft a constitution to be set
Presentation available below
Submit constitution to Conservation Officer Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (GDARD)
Proposed area maps below
Establish operating and collaboration procedures with existing conservancies and other entities
Possible future projects
Minutes available below