We partner with civil society, the private sector, and donor and government agencies to provide sustainable solutions to socio-environmental concerns. LANDVISTA NPC trading as LANDWORKS offers clients a strategic, practical solution to the management of natural resources and a platform for civil society, the private sector, donor agencies and government agencies to combine their efforts to provide
a focused response to the care of the environment. LANDWORKS’s core focus is on the FireWise Communities Programme, which seeks to protect people and property from wildfire risks, by encouraging local solutions for wildfire safety. It engages homeowners, community leaders, planners, developers, firefighters, and others in this effort. The goal with Firewise Communities is to enhance the sustainability and protection of life, livelihoods and the environment through integrated fire management, in order to contribute to economic empowerment, skills development, social equity and accelerated service delivery. The FireWise Communities Programme teaches people how to adapt to living with fire by building resilient communities that are better able to cope with the idiosyncrasies, and who appreciate the fragility of the natural environment and life support systems. Currently, 1250 community members are employed in 8 projects in 4 provinces of South Africa. LANDWORKS (previously Kishugu NPC) also implements the Global Environment Facility’s (GEF) FynbosFire Project on behalf of the Department of Environmental Affairs. This Special Climate Change Fund project aims to reduce the risk to life, the economy and the environment that is caused by unwanted wildland fires associated with climate change. This is achieved by developing sustainable interventions to radically reform the approach to managing wildland fire and implementing strategies critical to good practice. Co-funders of the FynbosFire Project include the South African National Department of Environmental Affairs, the Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries, (Western Cape), Fire Protection Associations, Kishugu and the United Nations Development Programme.
