Blogs

Meet the SA Forestry magazine bloggers

Chris Chapman, SA Forestry's editor and publisher.	Muedanyi Ramantswana, NMMU (Saasveld) forestry student and southern African representative of the International Forestry Students Association.	Rory Mack, independent forestry and development consultant.

Editor's Blog

Abandoned sawmills a sorry sight in ‘Transkei’
 

Abandoned sawmills are a depressing sight. When they are situated right next to state owned pine plantations, it is even more telling. Yet, this is the reality of life in the Transkei. Judging by the high mounds of sawdust left behind, they were once thriving little businesses, purchasing sawlogs from

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Masterplan required to tackle alien invaders
 

Drive up and down the highways and byways of South Africa, and what do you see? Gum, wattle and pine growing uncontrolled, everywhere. We're not talking well-managed plantations here. These uncontrolled aliens are choking the valley bottoms, straying into the wetlands and sucking up water, squeezing out the natural forest

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