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By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - In South Africa s Franschhoek mountains a helicopter drops off abseilers to cut down invasive pine trees that are choking off water supplies to millions of Cape Town residents already facing climate change-induced shortages. The crews are there to help to remove 54,000 hectares of alien trees by 2025, in the process reclaiming an estimated 55 billion litres of water lost each year - two months water supply for Cape Town. Using hand saws to cut saplings while dangling over craggy cliffs, the team is targeting infestations of alien tree species, mainly pine but also Australian acacia and eucalyptus, that carpet swathes of mountainside in dark green foliage. We can t eradicate the pines, but we ve got to manage and control them because the scale is too big. It s a massive problem, said Louise Stafford, South Africa s programme director at The Nature Conservancy, an NGO leading the process. The control of the pines was fast-tracked in 2018, when Cape ....
In South Africa’s Franschhoek mountains a helicopter drops off abseilers to cut down invasive pine trees that are choking off water supplies to millions of Cape Town residents already facing climate change-induced shortages. The crews are there to help to remove 54,000 hectares of alien trees by 2025, in the process reclaiming an estimated 55 billion liters of water lost each year two months of water supply for Cape Town. Using hand saws to cut saplings while dangling over craggy cliffs, the team is targeting infestations of alien tree species, mainly pine, but also Australian acacia and eucalyptus, that carpet swathes ....
iAfrica Michal Gum Forest Share with your network! The first massive eucalyptus trees have been felled in the mid-Breede River area in a bold ‘value-adding chain’ project that will return 7 million litres of water per hectare cleared per year to the river system, and will sell much of the gum tree wood back to Australia where it came from. The win-win-win project represents a collaboration between the Western Cape Department of Agriculture’s (WC DOA) LandCare Areawide Planning initiative, Inhlabathi Environmental Services, the farming community, private enterprise, and local SMMEs, which will benefit from training and development by Avocado Vision to ensure their sustainability and increased job creation. LandCare Areawide Planning is a comprehensive problem-solving process that integrates social, economic and ecological concerns over defined geographical areas to sustain environment ....
TATTON Park flower show is going ahead this summer as usual. The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) today confirmed the return of its popular summer event from July 21-25, a month after it is hoped all coronavirus restrictions will have been lifted. Visitors will once again be able to browse through a paradise of plants Visitors will once again be able to browse through a paradise of plants Visitors will once again be able to discover innovative gardens and fantastic flowers alongside a shopper’s paradise of plants, tools, sundries and accessories to decorate all gardens, big or small, plus lots of family fun activities, talks and demonstrations. ....