Fascinating documentary explores the world’s most important forests
June 12, 2020 -
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Take some time over the long weekend to enjoy this incredible documentary, Forests by Our Planet, which takes the audience…
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Latest report on the state of the world’s forests
June 5, 2020 -
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Urgent action is needed to safeguard the biodiversity of the world’s forests amid alarming rates of deforestation and degradation, according…
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Assessing the recovery of plantation land after clearfelling
May 21, 2020 -
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Researchers find encouraging signs that land has the potential to recover towards a natural state after clearfelling a commercial timber…
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Illegal application of pesticides killing our bees
April 22, 2020 -
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Colony Collapse Disorder is killing bees in the Northern Hemisphere, but here in South Africa it is illegal use of…
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Bush clearing initiative benefits cheetahs
March 18, 2020 -
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Clearing encroaching bush in Namibia to restore a healthy balance between grassland and trees is playing a key role in…
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Exploitation of tropical forests unsustainable
December 4, 2019 -
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The International Forum Together Towards Green Supply Chains Forest Products Initiative was held in Shanghai, China, recently. Industry leaders from…
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Champion Trees in the spotlight
October 28, 2019 -
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Our number one indigenous Champion Tree in South Africa, the Sagole Baobab (Adansonia digitata), is only 20.5m high, but its…
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The great bugweed debate: To clear or not to clear
October 22, 2019 -
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Bugweed and Lantana are two of the most problematic alien invasive plants in South Africa. Natives of South America, these…
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Saving the wild pepper-bark trees
July 22, 2019 -
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A unique collaboration between conservation organisations, environmentalists, researchers, traditional healers, communities and a prominent forestry company is saving an important…
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Indigenous forest patches are not biodiversity islands
July 4, 2018 -
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By Lize Joubert-van der Merwe, NRF Green Economy post-doctoral fellow, Stellenbosch University; Email: lizejoubert@gmail.com The value of indigenous forests is…
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Used oil pollution threat
30 July, 2020
Contaminated oil is dripping into agricultural land across South…
Read MoreNew date and venue for WoodEX for Africa 2020
24 June, 2020
Biennial trade show has been rescheduled for 16 –…
Read MoreNCT Forestry appoints new general manager
5 June, 2020
Danny Knoesen has been appointed NCT Forestry’s new general…
Read MoreWater Use Licence amendments
20 May, 2020
FSA reports that after years of engagement with the…
Read More‘Survival’ the key for small-scale growers
20 May, 2020
SA Forestry journalist-at-large JUSTIN NYAKUDANGA chats to small-scale growers…
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