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We hope you will enjoy this unique suburb, situated in the Cape Floral Kingdom, an ecosystem that has been recognized internationally as a World Heritage Site, and which therefore merits conservation.

A group of committed conservationists on The Island got together and applied to CAPE NATURE to register the Island as a Conservancy:

• To promote environmental awareness among residents and visitors on The Island.
• To enhance The Island’s conservation status:
• To protect and increase the wildlife of The Island.
• To protect and maintain the existing ecosystems.
• To promote and increase areas of indigenous plants and trees and to eradicate invasive alien vegetation.
• To enhance The Island’s aesthetic and economic value.

Sedgefield Island Conservancy was registered in 2003 and is part of the Garden Route Conservancy Forum, the representative gathering of all conservancies from Mosselbay to the Crags. They are in turn, part of the greater movement to establish mega-reserves from the Cederberg in the Western Cape to Addo in the Eastern Cape with the focus to link large areas for conservation.