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 ...

Underground seed banks in South Africa that date back over 130 years have been found to contain fynbos seeds that are alive. These seed banks are natural storage areas in the soil where certain plants ...

In South Africa’s Franschhoek mountains, crews have started cutting down invasive pine trees that are choking off water supplies. The commercial timber plantations at Newlands are of invasive alien ...

Underground seed banks in South Africa that date back over 130 years have been found to contain fynbos seeds that are alive. These seed banks are natural storage areas in the soil where certain plants ...