A call from sunny Pretoria – the land of the Blue Bulls and Mamelodi Sundowns – sent the SA Forestry
A partnership between Fogmaker South Africa and the Platbos Conservation Trust is contributing to the reforestation of the unique Platbos
Paraquat - widely used in South African forestry to prepare tracer belts before burning firebreaks - is facing world-wide bans,
Ponsse has launched its latest debarking head – the H7 HD Euca – which follows the release of the Ponsse H8 HD Euca. This new powerful harvester head joins an impressive line-up of harvester heads manufactured by Ponsse of Finland.
Dr Andrew Morris, who retired from his post as CEO of the Institute for Commercial Forestry Research (ICFR) at the
Five South African universities have partnered with local and international stakeholders to introduce cutting edge, climate-smart forestry and entrepreneurship to
Despite the fact that sawdust piles are fire hazards, they are very unlikely to spontaneously combust as a result of
Mulching of harvest residues is rapidly gaining ground in South African forestry, and is proving to be a game changer
Bell pre-owned equipment can now be shopped online thanks to the launch of a dedicated global website, pre-owned.bellequipment.com, which is
CHEP, one of the world’s leading sustainable logistics businesses, has expanded its forestry portfolio in South Africa to 18 pine
Water is at the heart of the removal of invasive alien plant (IAP) species in water-scarce South Africa – and
South Africa receives around 25 million lightning strikes a year, and Piet Retief is the ‘Lightning Capital’ of SA. While
Three South African researchers have made it to the global shortlist of the Blue Sky Young Researchers and Innovation Awards.
By Gareth CoombsCape Ash (Ekebergia capensis) is a large semi-deciduous tree that naturally occurs along the entire coast from Cape
The International Day of Forests 2021 will be celebrated around the world on 19 March. The theme for 2021 is
The National Minimum Wage for farm workers – including forestry workers – has been set at R 21.69 per hour,
John Deere has expanded its skidder lineup with the release of the new 768L-II Bogie Skidder, a purpose-built machine designed
So you have had a fire in your plantation and you need to value the extent of the damage in
ES Forestry acquires new timber forwarders and a wheeled excavator loader for long term timber extraction contract … Needing to
Vergelegen, the 321-year-old Somerset West wine estate, has unveiled plans to develop a 54 hectare botanical garden devoted to trees.
It’s that time of year when we set new challenges for the year ahead. Except this year is different. We
A recent investigation undertaken for a forestry client into the occurrence of numerous fires in plantations belonging to the company
This is an extract from an article written by Roger Grafton, that appeared in the first issue of SA Forestry
Cape Plum - Harpephyllum caffrum – Anacardiaceae; Wildepruim (Afrikaans); Umgwenya (Xhosa/Zulu) – is an attractive forest tree that thrives in
