The Goukamma River. Photos: SCLI
GARDEN ROUTE NEWS - A recent workshop at the edge of the Goukamma River at Buffalo Bay, highlighted the plight of Garden Route river systems and the importance of responsible land management practices in reducing environmental risks, including water security and wildfire events, associated with invasive alien plants.
Cobus Meiring, of the Southern Cape Landowners Initiative (SCLI), says the Garden Route is a hothouse for invasive alien plants, and the region is in a seemingly perpetual struggle to eradicate and control them.
The prevalence and aggressive spread of invasive alien plants have a profoundly negative effect on the extremely vulnerable Garden Route environment and biodiversity.
“A recent workshop conducted at the edge of the Goukamma River at Buffels Bay, highlighted the plight of Garden Route river systems and the importance of responsible land management practices in reducing environmental risks, including water security and wildfire events, associated with invasive alien plants,” says Cobus Meiring of the Southern Cape Landowners Initiative (SCLI). The SCLI Invasive Alien Plant Workshop for Landowners and Invasive Alien Plant Contractors was held at the Buffels Bay Community Hall on 21 April 2021.
At a recent workshop conducted by the Southern Cape Landowners Initiative (SCLI) in Buffels Bay, Pamela Booth, Environmental Manager of Knysna Municipality, informed landowners on the various species of invasive alien plants that are common in the Garden Route. (Photo: SCLI)