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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Tokai restoration area
Roads crisscross the damaged but recovering fynbos at Tokai Park, dividing the park up into management blocks. Some blocks have been recently cleared of invasive alien trees by Working for Water (the brown/red blocks) and others have recovering fynbos (green-brown blocks), while others remain infested with wattle and gums (bright green blocks), the sinister legacy of plantation-forestry that has exited the region. Photo Byron-Mahieu van der Linde

The Road to Recovery

Nicholas Coertze explains how advanced remote sensing technologies will enable us to monitor invasive alien trees at Tokai Park. Part 1 of 2.

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