Livestock, rooibos and tortoises: Farmer conserves threatened species – The Mail & Guardian

Livestock, rooibos and tortoises: Farmer conserves threatened species – The Mail & Guardian

In win for biodiversity, the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) has registered its first conservation servitude to safeguard the endangered speckled dwarf tortoise, the world’s smallest of the species. The Lokenburg conservation servitude, concluded with landowners Nelmarie and Herman Nel, who farm sheep, cattle and rooibos tea, on their 4 500 hectares in the Nieuwoudtville district of the Northern Cape, ensures permanent protection of tortoise hab…