Claim: Ficus trees that were to be uprooted and transplanted in Mosta are an alien and invasive species. Verdict: Ficus microcarpa is listed as an alien species within an ERA annex but not in the ...

South Africa’s efforts to combat water-greedy invasive alien trees are facing a series of critical setbacks following a 78% cut in budget to the environmental programmes charged with implementing ...

While it is good to read about Karachi’s beautification project that intends to plant many fully grown date trees on Sharea Faisal. However, I am concerned about the consequences of planting an alien ...

Water-greedy alien trees – especially pine, eucalyptus and wattles – are among the biggest threats to South Africa’s precarious water future. Infecting them with insects or diseases from their home ...

Drones are being used by the agricultural community in the Western Cape, and more specifically the semi-arid Karoo region, where water resources are under strain, to fight invasive and water-hungry ...

In a tactical move to save every drop of water in the Nelson Mandela Bay region, the NMBM is intensifying its alien vegetation clearing and catchment management work, with the first priority being the ...

They came: by helicopter, armed with chainsaws. They saw: invasive alien trees on Table Mountain. And like Caesar’s army, the hackers conquered: cutting down more than 2,000 pines in two operations.