10th October 2018

Sunshine innovation and rust and frost tolerant wattle clones

A passion for the environment has prompted the management of Sunshine Seedling Services to seek solutions based on renewable energy,

14th September 2018

Champion Trees on the agenda

The National Champion Tree Evaluation Panel held its annual meeting in Mpumalanga in June, and added five new Champion Trees

04th July 2018

Indigenous forest patches are not biodiversity islands

By Lize Joubert-van der Merwe, NRF Green Economy post-doctoral fellow, Stellenbosch University; Email: lizejoubert@gmail.com The value of indigenous forests is

26th March 2018

Environmental recovery after the Garden Route fires

By Theo Stehle The disastrous June 2017 Garden Route fires sounded a wake-up call to farmers and land managers in

14th March 2018

Saving the Ghost Frog

The discovery of a fifth population of the Hewitt's Ghost Frog in South Africa has seen their IUCN Red List

14th December 2017

Restoration of fynbos after felling pine in Western Cape

A recent study finds that restoration of fynbos is possible in areas where pines used to grow for up to

06th October 2017

The Great Green Wall

The idea of planting a 'Great Green Wall' of trees across the African continent to combat desertification was perhaps too

05th October 2017

Adding value by turning wood waste into mulch

African Biomass Company (ABC) founder Willem van der Merwe is passionate about the environment, and has built a business around

19th September 2017

The aftermath of the 
Garden Route fires

As the dust settles after the disastrous June fires in the Garden Route, the question is, where to now? This

06th September 2017

Environmental Management Guidelines updated

Forestry South Africa (FSA) has released the third version of its popular Environmental Management Guidelines for Commercial Forestry Plantations in

17th August 2017

TIPS ON TREES: How to prune your tree

The second in the series of tree trips by Julian Ortlepp of TreeWorks, brought to you by Husqvarna South Africa.

13th July 2017

Grazing as a tool to maintain diversity in mesic grasslands

By Lize Joubert-van der Merwe Ecological networks (ENs) among forestry compartments can conserve biodiversity and ecosystem services as well as

23rd May 2017

Wetlands restoration

(Tsitsikamma River Case Study) by Theo Stehle Recently I accompanied Cassie Carstens, Planning Manager of MTO Forestry (Cape), to a

16th May 2017

Damage control

As timber companies in Mpumalanga struggle to curb the damage being inflicted upon pine trees by baboons in the face

07th February 2017

International Day of Forests – Forests and Energy

On 21 March people around the world will celebrate the International Day of Forests. The purpose is to raise awareness

30th January 2017

Managing fire in natural grasslands

Managing fire to maintain healthy conservation areas and protect plantation trees.... By Dr Liza Joubert-van der Merwe, Mondi Ecological Wetland

27th January 2017

Working with trees

By Struan Douglas Meg Coates Palgrave is an annual guest of honour at the Greenpop Zambia Festival of Action in

14th December 2016

Saving dryland forests from desertification

Two billion people live in the drylands, which cover 41 percent of the world's land area. Far from being bare

15th November 2016

Trees as social beings

A new documentary film explores the idea that trees are in fact social beings that communicate with one another through

10th November 2016

Designing functional ecological networks

Unlocking the door to species movement through production landscapes... By Dr Liza Joubert-van der Merwe This is the third of

18th October 2016

Green energy innovations at MTO

MTO Forestry has embarked on exciting renewable energy projects that will bring benefits for the company, its partners – and

12th October 2016

Honey harvesting and forest protection in West Timor

New research shows that the annual harvesting of wild honey may be one of the most sustainable and effective governance

15th September 2016

Paper recycling makes a difference

The Paper Recycling Association of South Africa (PRASA) reports that two thirds (66%) of the nation’s potentially recoverable paper and

22nd August 2016

Southern Cape forests survive largely unchanged for centuries

Forests are found in areas that receive annual rainfall ranging between 525 mm and 1220 mm. But if you look

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