How Small-Scale Loggers Can Help Save Africa’s Tropical Forests
Small-time loggers providing timber to local villages have long been seen as a threat to African forests. But that view is changing, as evidence mounts that these communities can be better forest protectors than the governments that are sanctioning major commercial operations. BY FRED PEARCE • OCTOBER 22, 2020 The man with the chainsaw paid the farmer $50, as his gang […]
Celebrating Wetlands in South Africa and their contribution to water resource management
Gerard Busse, Marketing Manager Forest Stewardship Council®, South Africa Water and wetlands are connected in an inseparable co-existence that is vital to life, our wellbeing and the health of our planet. To gain some perspective on this important water source and the role played by the forestry industry in South Africa, and more specifically by Mondi South […]
