GlobalGiving.org: Reclaim 1000s of acres of grasslands in Namibia

End of Year Bush Project Update

Bruce Brewer — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:33:05 GMT

The CCF BUSH Project has continued land restoration on the CCF reserve lands. Both Morbark bushchippers were busy most of the year, and about 200 hectares (494 acres) of woodland habitat were restored. (Each hectare produces up to 10 tons of bush biomass.) BUSHBLOK sales were good in South Africa and Namibia, and late in the year containers left for England.

The Forestry Stewardship Council inspection renewed our certification for another 5 years. CCF continues to sit on Namibia's Ministry of Agriculture Woodland Management Council and provided the Director of Forestry with a review paper on forest certification options.

Happy holidays and thank you for your support of this project!

Bush harvesting is working!

Allison Rogers — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:54:01 GMT

Cheetah in bush-harvested area marking playtree

As part of the habitat restoration project, we monitor thornbush-harvested areas to see if wildlife is returning. As you can tell from the attached photos, clearing thornbush is working to bring back wildlife. These photos are from camera traps set in bush-harvested areas at "cheetah playtrees", trees that cheetahs visit to mark and check for other cheetahs that have passed through. But it's not always cheetahs who visit! While we're called the Cheetah Conservation Fund, we're almost as happy to see photos of leopards. So thank you for your donations toward this project--together we're making a real difference!

Leopard cubs at playtree in bush-harvested area

Dr. Laurie Marker honored for Bush Project

Allison rogers — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:46:24 GMT

Dr. Laurie Marker and Dr. Bruce Brewer

Recently Dr. Laurie Marker was named a co-recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement--known as the Nobel for the environment--in part for CCF's Bush Project. The Tyler Prize was established by the late John and Alice Tyler in 1973 and is administered by the University of Southern California. This is a great honor for Dr. Marker and CCF. The prize money will be earmarked for a biomass-powered generator that will produce power by burning invasive bush. As Namibia is dependent on South Africa for electricity--and even then much of Namibia is not on a power grid--developing alternative sources of fuel are critical. Biomass-powered generators burn much cleaner than their diesel counterparts. It is hoped that once CCF's generator is up and running--and providing power to the BushBlok plant as well--other entities, such as the Namibian government, will install biomass-fueled power plants and adopt CCF's ecologically safe bush harvesting methods. This has the potential to restore millions of acres of wildlife habitat in Namibia alone.

Links:

Tyler Prize website

Look for Bushblok in Holland!

Allison Rogers — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:23:57 GMT

CCF’s Bushblok will soon be available in Holland, with the ‘Hier’ logo the on Bushblok labels. Hier (Dutch for ‘Here‘) is a large Dutch climate program that stresses the immediate necessity to implement adaptation projects and initiatives for climate change. By allowing the use of their logo, Hier recognises the fact that CCF's Bushblok brings a viable solution that benefits both humans and nature.

Bushblok Chosen as World Challenge Finalist

Allison Rogers — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:11:28 GMT

CCF's Bush Project has been chosen as one of 12 finalists in World Challenge 2009, a global competition aimed at projects showing enterprise and innovation at the grassroots level. Finalists will be featured in half-hour segments on BBC World News, and the winner will be determined by popular online vote at www.theworldchallenge.co.uk. Voting opens September 28 and closes at midnight (GMT) on Nov. 13.

As a finalist for the World Challenge, the CCF Bush Project will be featured on BBC World News on Saturday, Oct. 3, at 1430 (all times GMT) and Sunday, Oct. 4, at 0230, 0930 and 1730. To find local broadcast times worldwide, visit the BBC World News schedule at http://www.bbcworldnews.com/Pages/Schedules.aspx.

Thanks in advance to everyone for voting for us!

Links:

Check out World Challenge 09

Bush Project Recognized

Allison Rogers — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:50:45 GMT

Earlier this year, CCF's Bush Project, including the Bushblok, was chosen from 180 nominees to be one of three finalists for the St Andrews (Scotland) Prize for the Environment. An initiative by the University of St Andrews in Scotland and the international integrated energy company, ConocoPhillips, the aim of the Prize is to find practical solutions to environmental challenges from around the globe. As a finalist, CCF received $25,000 to expand the Bush Project.

Attachments:

St Andrews Prize for the Environment announcement (DOC)