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SEACOW
The premiere wildlife and livestock region of the Karoo is the
Seacow River Valley. NKF offers conservation
assistance to Seacow River Valley landowners. Conservation
Guidelines for the Karoo Landowner encourages practices which will
have long-term positive impact on the environment & economy of the
region such as:
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Friendly predator control
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Elimination of locust spraying
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Elimination of low strand electric fencing &
small-unit game fencing
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Landowner reinvestment back into land for
restoration & soil conservation
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Power lines, transformer & poison bait safety for
big birds & return of the Vulture
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Elimination of burning practices for livestock
grazing purposes that destroys biodiversity or contributes to
soil erosion
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photo by Andre Boshoff
courtesy of the Amathole Museum |
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