SA government kills funding for best weapon against invasive trees 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 co...

How to stop biological pollution at source, in a water-stressed country like South Africa? Send in a pest or disease from the invader's home country. #WorkingforWater #DionGeorge #DFFE #biocontrol @coveringclimatenow.org @dailymaverick.co.za

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South Africa’s ‘working for water’ programme is meant to lead to skills and jobs: why it’s failing South Africa’s Working for Water programme addresses environmental issues and provides temporary jobs. But it’s not equipping participants for stable employment.

South Africa’s #WorkingforWater programme addresses environmental issues and provides temporary jobs. But it’s not equipping participants for stable employment.

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In Nqanqarhu. #Ntabelanga Dam featured in #SONA. Breakfasting @ coffee shop which can't serve tap water = undrinkable. Will ask why #DFFE #Creecy cut #WorkingforWater funding. Clearing #invasivealien trees/restoring #watercatchments is best bang-for-buck to secure water supply. #SANParks #SANBI