2010-07-27 21:50 –Cape Town –Invasive alien plants now infest 20 million hectares of South Africa –an area twice as large as previously estimated. The shock finding comes from an Agricultural Research Council (ARC) report commissioned by Water Affairs. “The previous figure was 10 million hectares. We knew this was an under-estimate,[...]
Indigenous is beautiful! Cape Town SA The Working for Water (WfW) programme,an initiative administered through the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry say invasive alien species are causing billions of Rands of damage to South Africa’s economy every year,and are the single biggest threat to the country’s biological biodiversity. It can [...] |  Against a global rainfall average of 870mm per year,South Africa receives a pitiful 450mm,making it the worlds 30th driest country. Water Rhapsody,with 15 years experience in water conservation,is number 1 in South Africa in Grey water recycling systems and Rainwater harvesting systems. |
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