World Ranger Day 2026 - City celebrates Cape Town’s nature guardians

01 August 2026

31 July 2026 marked World Ranger Day 2026, themed ‘Rangers: Guardians of a changing planet’

City advises of ecological burn at False Bay Nature Reserve’s Pelican Park section

23 March 2026

City advises of ecological burns scheduled for March

01 March 2026

Ecological burns: Tygerberg; Westlake; Blaauwberg

Ecological burns scheduled for City nature reserves 2025

22 January 2025

The City will be conducting ecological burns at various nature reserves in February, March and April 2025.

Outcome of Expert Cape Fur Seal workshop on unprovoked seal aggression

31 July 2024

The City of Cape Town in partnership with the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation and Sea Search, convened an expert scientific workshop last week

World Ranger Day 2024: City showcases its woman field rangers

31 July 2024

​Today, 31 July 2024, marks World Ranger Day. This year, the City has decided to share the stories of three of our passionate rangers who are taking good care of various City nature reserves across Cape Town.

Tygerberg Nature Reserve temporarily closed

29 January 2024

Staff from the Tygerberg Nature Reserve are currently attending to remaining hot spots and smouldering vegetation by damping down the areas with water to prevent any new flare-ups.

Ecological burns scheduled for City nature reserves

29 December 2022

The City of Cape Town’s Biodiversity Management Branch staff will conduct the annual ecological burns at various nature reserves in February, March and April 2023.

Biodiversity Management Awards showcase City’s conservation efforts

10 November 2022

Biodiversity and climate change are two sides of the same coin, and it is more important than ever for us all to act responsibly to reduce our carbon footprint.

Robben Island fuel reduction burn showcases local biodiversity and secures key heritage site

16 October 2022

The City’s Biodiversity Management Unit, along with Fire and Rescue Services staff, conducted a controlled fuel reduction burn on Robben Island as part of ongoing training.

Helderberg Nature Reserve temporarily closed to address fire damage

14 June 2022

The City would like to inform residents that as a result of the recent wild fire, the Helderberg Nature Reserve will remain closed for the next month

Alien clearing at the Battle of Muizenberg

01 April 2022

Alderman Eddie Andrews at the Battle of Muizenberg.

Ecological burns scheduled for City nature reserves in 2022

14 December 2021

The City of Cape Town’s Biodiversity Management Branch staff will conduct the annual ecological burns at various nature reserves in February and March 2022.

Ecological burns scheduled for Cape Town nature reserves

26 February 2021

​Carefully managed burns of old vegetation are necessary to maintain species diversity and to reduce fuel loads, which in turn reduces the risk of wild fires.

City advises of fuel reduction burn at Klein Dassenberg Conservation Area

09 July 2020

The City’s Witzands Aquifer Nature Reserve staff will be conducting a fuel reduction burn of stacked alien vegetation material in the Atlantis Sand Fynbos at the Klein Dassenberg Conservation Area

Ecological burns scheduled for Cape Town nature reserves

22 January 2020

In order to preserve our natural heritage and reduce the risk of wild fires, the City of Cape Town will conduct prescribed ecological burns in various City nature reserves over the next few months.