In 2020, an area of surrounding the
Umtiza Nature Reserve (one of the last refuges of
Umtiza) was declared a Controlled Forest Area to further protect and rehabilitate the remaining Umtiza Forest.
Umtiza listeriana is threatened by the expansion of illegal settlements near the Umtiza Forest, leading to deforestation and harvesting for
traditional medicine. For these reasons
SANBI has given it the conservation classification: Vulnerable B1ab(v). == Gallery ==