Bioregions & Ecoregions

Bioregionalism is the advocacy of the belief that human activity should largely be considered within ecological or geographical boundaries, rather than political ones.

The table below shows the various regions within which the Valley of Grace falls. For a deeper explanation, see

Bioregional Development⁠

Bioregion: A land and water territory, the limits of which are not politically bound, but which are defined by the geographical boundaries of human communities and ecological systems. The Valley of Grace falls within the South African Cape Shrublands & Mountain Forests bioregion. The Western Cape Biodiversity Spatial Plan is the official reference for biodiversity priority areas to be taken into account in land use planning and decision-making in the province. For details, see

Cape Nature⁠

Catchment Area: An area of land that drains all the streams and rainfall to a common destination such as a bay, lake or ocean. The Valley of Grace lies within the Riviersonderend Catchment Area, which forms part of the larger Breede River Valley Catchment Area. The two catchment areas become one at the confluence point of the two rivers, just upriver of Swellendam, about 80kms east of Greyton.

Ecoregion: Ecoregions are the rooms in the house of bioregions. Ecoregion is short-hand for regional ecosystem because the area is united by common geography, ecology, and culture. The Valley of Grace is therefore the ecoregion in which The Abundance Project takes place.

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Map showing the ecoregion of The Abundance Project, which falls within the Riviersonderend Catchment Area, which lies within the Cape Shrublands & Mountain Forests bioregion, which is nested within the Southern Afrotropics Bioframework.

Map showing the ecoregion of The Abundance Project, which falls within the Riviersonderend Catchment Area, which lies within the Cape Shrublands & Mountain Forests bioregion, which is nested within the Southern Afrotropics Bioframework.

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