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Healthy outlook: The grasslands, soils and wetlands in the Matatiele area are being restored, helping to protect the Maloti-Drakensberg watershed, essential to South Africa’s water supply and with profitable spinoffs for communal livestock farmers. (Willeen Olivier)

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Project to heal the land a success

A partnership with chiefs, NGOs and businesses is helping Matatiele’s small-scale farmers adopt conservation practices and so turn a profit

Heather Dugmore