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This report details Phase 3 (2019–2024) of the transformational partnership between WWF South Africa and Nedbank, which received an investment of R25 million. The collaboration focused on safeguarding strategic water source areas, promoting sustainable agriculture in the dairy and fruit sectors, and enhancing rural livelihoods, with a primary geographic emphasis on the Eastern Cape province.

The Umzimvubu Catchment Partnership (UCP), established in 2013, works to restore the ecologically diverse but vulnerable Umzimvubu catchment in South Africa's Eastern Cape. Facing threats from climate change and invasive species, the UCP employs a collaborative, ecosystem-based approach to secure water for over two million people and improve local livelihoods. Key achievements include protecting 43 springs, designating 49,200 hectares for stewardship, and creating thousands of jobs through conservation and livestock-based economic support.