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Poroid Hymenochaetaceae associated with trees showing wood-rot symptoms in the Garden Route National Park of South Africa

Poroid Hymenochaetaceae associated with wood rots of trees in three timber-harvesting compartments of the Garden Route National Park (GRNP), South Africa, were investigated using multilocus ...
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Expected benefits of genomic selection for growth and wood quality traits in Eucalyptus grandis

Genomic selection (GS) can substantially reduce breeding cycle times in forest trees compared to traditional breeding cycles.
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The Value of Forests

Short animation film which provide concrete information about the value of forests and their impact on human health.
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Sappi acts ForNature and celebrates World Environment Day 2020

If there is something that the last few lockdown months have taught many of us, is that we need to make 'Time for Nature'. We ...
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Ceratocystis wilt on Eucalyptus: first record from South Africa

Wilt and death of an E. grandi times E. urophyll a variety was recently observed in the Zululand region of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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A Traded Tree: What Rosewood means to Africa

The ‘hero' of this story is rosewood. The illegal trade in the wood is one of the world's most lucrative businesses, and affects much of ...
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World Bee Day, 20 May 2020

Forestry South Africa celebrates World Bee Day by making bees the focus of their new standard operating procedure

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Shining a light on the protection mechanism of plants against excess sunlight

In a world first, scientists have mapped how plants dispel excess sunlight as heat. Future understanding of this process could have the potential to protect ...
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Guest Article: Sustainable Forests and Reaching the SDGs

Whether from the emergence of infectious diseases, the growing risks to global food systems, or from the increasing variability in global climate and local weather ...
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Distribution and genetic diversity of five invasive pests of Eucalyptus in sub-Saharan Africa

Eucalyptus is one of the most planted tree genera across the world, but is heavily challenged by invasive insect pests originating from the native range ...
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Maternal effects should be considered in the establishment of forestry plantations

Breeding strategies for plants focus on the genetic influence on their phenotypes. However, the phenotype is not only the outcome of the genotype or the ...
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Scientists Discover that Trees have a Heartbeat

More than two years have passed since the detection of what is arguably the most damaging tree pest ever to arrive in South Africa: the ...
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City of Cape Town slams ‘malicious’ poisoning of gum trees

The City of Cape Town has slammed the malicious poisoning of a tenth gum tree since October. A large gum in Wessels Road, Kenilworth, was ...
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Ethiopia Plants 350 Million Trees in 12 Hours, Smashing World Record

Ethiopia Plants 350 Million Trees in 12 Hours, Smashing World Record

In a race to reforest the desert, Ethiopia just planted 5 times as many trees as India did when it broke the world record two ...
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Cutting edge tech helps prevent catastrophic forest fires

The forestry industry in South Africa is using world-leading technology to detect fires and wisps of smoke in plantations. The technology has proven itself in ...
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Ancient tree with record of earths magnetic field reversal in its rings discovered

An ancient tree that contains a record of a reversal of Earth's magnetic field has been discovered in New Zealand. The tree-an Agathis australis, better ...
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Pines for Pitch canker screening

A first worldwide multispecies survey of invasive Mediterranean pine bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae)

Several European and Mediterranean species of pine bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) have become established in North America and the southern hemisphere, posing a novel ...
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Tree Nation

The hidden environmental cost of Valentine’s Day

Each cut-flower can emit up to 3 kg of CO. The cut-flower industry has a huge impact on the environment due to growing methods and ...
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Jan-2020-World-Environmental-Day

Individuals can offset their own CO2 emissions by planting six trees per month

Trees perform an essential double function for life on Earth. Along with the oceans, trees are one of the main carbon capture mechanisms on the ...
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Durban is world’s greenest city according to Husqvarna’s new AI solution and index

Durban is world’s greenest city according to Husqvarna’s new AI solution and index

Durban is the greenest city in the world according to the Husqvarna Urban Green Space Index (HUGSI) 2019, an AI-powered satellite solution to help decision ...
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Eucalyptus camaldulensis in South Africa - past, present, future

Eucalyptus camaldulensis in South Africa – past, present, future

Heidi Hirsch, Michael H. Allsopp, Susan Canavan,Michael Cheek, Sjirk Geerts, Coert J. Geldenhuys, Graham Harding, Brett P. Hurley, Wayne Jones, Jan-Hendrik Keet, Hildegard Klein, Sheunesu Ruwanza, Brian W. van Wilgen, Michael J. Wingfield, David M. Richardson Abstract Eucalyptus ...
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Travel treasure troves in the trees

Travel treasure troves in the trees

Let Forestry South Africa’s recreational map help you plan your breaks in 2020 By Dr Ronald Heath, Forestry South Africa We’ve all driven past them ...
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Carlsberg closer to its paper bottles

Carlsberg closer to its paper bottles

The Danish beer company, Carlsberg, has revealed two new recyclable prototypes of the sustainably-sourced wood fibre bottle it hopes to eventually bring to market. One ...
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Kenya to plant 2 billion tree seedlings by 2022 to increase forest cover

Kenya to plant 2 billion tree seedlings by 2022 to increase forest cover

Kisumu – Kenya said on Thursday it has stepped up efforts to foster public-private partnerships to boost ongoing environmental conservation efforts. Kariako Tobiko, environment and ...
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