Greyton’s Conservation Society and the Greyton Nature Programme
Exciting times ahead for Greyton!
Mike Kock
Greyton Conservation Society’s (GCS) historical mandate is to conserve Greyton’s natural environment, maintain ecosystem services including endangered biomes and hydrological systems, maintain ecological connectivity, and management of the Greyton Nature Reserve (GNR). Within the natural and village environment, GCS also manages the baboon monitoring and management programme.
GCS is excited to share some big changes for 2026! New ideas, new approaches, time to engage with Nature more. GCS is exploring ways to build on the work it has done to date and, with other conservation partners in the village, to develop a more integrated, wider and reimagined program. The Greyton Nature Programme (GNP) has arrived! The envisaged new Programme will help to positively enhance the relationship between people and all aspects of nature in and around Greyton.
The GNP, under the umbrella of GCS, has started through generous funding by the Sophia Foundation. This special donation will enable GCS-GNP, in partnership with Wild Restoration and with TWK’s support, to develop a more holistic and nature driven programme. This includes a continuing compassionate and adaptive baboon management programme, development of an extension to the existing GNR and a strong ecological driven mandate to restore landscapes through alien clearing, increasing connectivity and corridors, and education. Importantly, the Sophia Foundation’s support is a matching grant meaning that we can double the impact of each Rand contributed by generous community members and other friends of Greyton.
To ensure excellence and impact of this new Programme, the GNP through GCS, is recruiting a permanent Conservation Manager to coordinate the Programme with partners and stakeholders. This position is a hands-on conservation driven leadership role which combines strategy, field management, partnerships, and community engagement, all with a strong ecological and environmental component, and is expected to be filled by June 2026
To learn more about the Greyton Conservation Society and Greyton Nature Programme, please visit our web site at: greytonconservationsociety.com/greyton-nature-programme.
