English: Photo-journal of restoration project's "ecological burns" at Helderberg Nature Reserve ... the message is clear "fynbos needs fire, as simple as that!" This is bewildering to some, controversial to others, yet executed in line with carefully mapped out rehabilitation plans AND providing ideal training exercises on how to work in collaboration with other fire fighting role players under controlled conditions.

Information on ecology, fires, and burns: - Fire Ecology @ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_ecology - Fire in South Africa @ http://www.workingonfire.org/index.php/about-wof/fire-in-sa - Fynbos Fire @ http://fynbosfire.org.za/ - City of Cape Town's Notice of prescribed ecological burn @ http://tinyurl.com/CoCTburnNotice - City of Cape Town's Press release at http://tinyurl.com/HNRburn2015

Phase #2 "Burns" of "Reserve's Restoration Project" - read about the Restoration Project's phases:

1. 1 "Pines" @ http://tinyurl.com/nvp3wdn
2. 2 "Burns" @ http://tinyurl.com/q5lz6ll
3. 3 "Seeds" @ http://tinyurl.com/ofznwnf

"Photographic Documentary" archive collection of the 2015 Prescribed Ecological BURN project under management by the City of Cape Town (CCT): - burn #1 on 25-Feb @ https://www.facebook.com/events/1605820592966390 - burn #2 on 31-Mar @ https://www.facebook.com/events/1052772521404694

Video compilation @ http://youtu.be/ktRs0lKwyY4 - re-use and copyright infringement dispute on previous upload @ http://tinyurl.com/HNRburnVideo)

Key social media metadata: - hashtags: ‪#‎EcologicalBurns‬ ‪#‎GoodFire‬ ‪#‎HelderbergNatureReserve‬ - tweeters: @CityofCT @Somerset_West @vwsfires

Professional service teams included: - City of Cape Town - Nature Conservation and Biodiversity Management - City of Cape Town - Fire and Rescue Service - Volunteer Wildlife Services @ http://www.vws.org.za/ - Working on Fire @ http://www.workingonfire.org/index.php/about-wof/fire-in-sa - FFA NPC / Firewise @ http://www.firewisesa.org.za/ - Fynbos Fire @ http://fynbosfire.org.za/ - State Forests of the United States of America

Additional footage by photographers: - David Morris assisted by Jane Theunissen @ http://tinyurl.com/BurnByDavidMorris - Tessa Oliver from FFA NPC (Firewise) with Working on Fire - Bruce Sutherland - Andreas Groenewald - Sky Pixel (aerial photography)

https://www.facebook.com/helderbergnaturereserve