/ 23 January 1999

KOGELBERG MADE A BIOSPHERE

THE United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has chosen the Western Cape’s Kogelberg reserve as a biosphere reserve, Cape Nature Conservation announced on Friday. The Kogelberg biosphere reserve is about 80km east of Cape Town, stretching from Gordon’s Bay to the eastern shores of the Bot River Vlei and inland to the northern foothills of Groenlandberg, including the marine area up to two nautical miles from the coast.