Looking after the river and it’s environs
The aim of the Friends of the Liesbeek is to create an awareness of the importance of the Liesbeek as a green corridor in an urban setting and to rehabilitate, enhance, and conserve it and its environs.
About Us
The Organization
The aim of the Friends of the Liesbeek is to create an awareness of the importance of the Liesbeek as a green corridor in an urban setting and to rehabilitate, enhance, and conserve it and its environs.
History and Ecology
The Liesbeek River (also spelt Liesbeeck) is a small river in Cape Town in South Africa. It was the first river in Cape Town named by Jan van Riebeeck. “Beek” is Dutch for stream and “lies” is a reed.
Projects
FoL wins ‘Eco-Logic’ silver award for biodiversity and eco-community categories.
Friends of the Liesbeek has just returned from a successful trip to Pretoria for the 2017 Eco-Logic Awards. The annual awards are hosted by...
Water Scarcity and Public Perceptions
Phil McLean Obviously and quite rightly, water is the topic of our latest newsletter. You would have to be living under a rock to be unaware of the...
Jumping the Water Gun
Conor Eastment The beginning of 2017 in Cape Town has certainly been dominated by drought. With dam levels reaching 33% for the area as of...
Maintenance Project
The focus of the LMP is to rehabilitate and restore the river’s ecological functioning, clean the riparian edge, manage and control alien invasive species whilst replanting with indigenous vegetation and enhancing the recreational and social value of the river and its trail.