scientists and media
Scientists’ involvement in media reporting on fire leads to more nuanced and balanced messages Image Cathy Withers-Clarke via Shutterstock

SA media treat fire as a foe

Scientists speak out about SA media treating fire as a foe – incinerating its ecosystem benefits in a blaze of misinformation.

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Tokai Pines DM
The area surrounding Tokai Park used to be a commercial pine plantation, but after the exit of forestry from the Western Cape, the last pine trees are being harvested and the area is being restored to indigenous fynbos vegetation.

Science-based restoration crucial to Cape’s lowland fynbos

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos and Peninsula Granite Fynbos need science-based restoration

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23 March 2021 fynbos restoration fire
The 23 March 2021 fire at Prinskasteel Wetland Block 19A was a prescribed post-plantation clearing of slash and fuel for the restoration of the Fynbos. It had been postponed for several years by drought and, in 2020, by Covid-19. Photo Tony Rebelo

The Perfect Restoration Burn

SANParks' prescribed burn at Tokai Park's Prinskasteel Wetland Block A19, conducted in perfect conditions on 23 March 2021, proved an historical occasion.

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