Online

Online newsclips and articles relating to Friends of Tokai Park's advocacy work

Friends of Tokai Park are frequently asked to contribute to online articles on contentious issues. We will use this page to highlight some of our and others’ more important and illuminating contributions.

The Conversation

11 October 2019 – What science tells us about fire hazards facing Cape Town and its surrounds
18 April, 2018 – Invasive alien plants in South Africa pose huge risks, but they can be stopped
Cape Town’s climate strategy isn’t perfect, but every African city should have one
10 November 2020 – Cape Town’s climate strategy isn’t perfect, but every African city should have one
20 April 2021 – Why the fire on Cape Town’s iconic Table Mountain was particularly devastating
20 April 2021 – Why the fire on Cape Town’s iconic Table Mountain was particularly devastating

News24

News24 27 July 2020 – Fynbos, dwarf chameleons and butterflies: The nature of the lockdown
27 July 2020 – Fynbos, dwarf chameleons and butterflies: The nature of the lockdown
3 March 2021 – Mapping alien trees to protect our forests
Fighting biodiversity loss
22 May 2021 – SA's rich plant heritage: Fighting biodiversity loss
30 April 2022 - Cape Town metro to abandon baboon management programme
30 April 2022 – Cape Town metro to abandon baboon management programme: 'Animal rights activists have won'

People's Post

2 August 2022 - Focus on baboon management
2 August 2022 – Focus on baboon management
7 March 2023 - Fear of baboons being left to run wild rises as clock ticks down to June deadline
7 March 2023 – Fear of baboons being left to run wild rises as clock ticks down to June deadline
9 May 2023 - City of Cape Town's intention to extend baboon management contract met with favour
9 May 2023 – 9 May 2023 - City of Cape Town's intention to extend baboon management contract met with favour
R36 million set aside to address 'decay' in Table Mountain National Park
20 June 2023 – R36 million set aside to address 'decay' in Table Mountain National Park

CapeTalk 567

Breakfast with Refilwe Moloto
1 June 2021 – Breakfast with Refilwe Moloto – "What should happen to the Tokai pines?"

Mongabay

Shreya Dasgupta 12 May 2021
Shreya Dasgupta 12 May 2021 - 'Bad science': Planting frenzy misses the grasslands for the trees

International League of Conservation Photographers

4 March 2020 – Cape Town’s Critically Endangered Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Yale Environment 360

Are Huge Tree Planting Projects More Hype than Solution?
8 April 2021 – Are Huge Tree Planting Projects More Hype than Solution?
27 January 2021 – Avoiding a 'Ghastly Future': Hard Truths on the State of the Planet
27 January 2021 – Avoiding a 'Ghastly Future': Hard Truths on the State of the Planet

Phys.org

20 January 2020 – Local water availability is permanently reduced after planting forests
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Articles

Friends of Tokai Park's archive of articles from the popular and academic print media

Articles

A growing repository of news, views, interviews, articles, papers and dissertations – and soon, we hope, videos and podcasts
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Independent

Voices unfettered by policy or commercial interest offer refreshing, sometimes controversial, perspectives

Independent

Websites, blogs and other Web platforms are home to diverse but always distinct voices from all walks of life – we host a few
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Magazines

Cornerstone content from general and special-interest periodicals of value to all concerned about conserving biodiversity

Magazines

Niche-market and general-interest articles of value to all those committed to restoring and conserving biodiversity at Tokai Park
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Science

Dissertations and peer-reviewed articles from scientific journals

Science

Like them or not, facts matter. Conclusions drawn from empirically sound articles, reviews and dissertations offer us guidance in charting a sustainable forward path
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