Today only 5% of Cape Flats Sand Fynbos is conserved, but this is highly threatened by invasive alien plants, and only about 1% is intact. The largest and most intact remnant is found within Tokai ...

The Table Mountain National Park fire management team is currently conducting a controlled ecological burn in the Lower Tokai ...

During an investigation to see whether it was possible to restore an iconic, but endangered, community of shrubland plant species in South Africa, researchers have not only discovered underground ...

If we find that Sambar deer are not a threat to endangered fynbos and that they preferentially consume aliens (including invasive kikuyu grass) without spreading them, then they should be left alone.

Hundreds of ancient fynbos species could regrow and restore a former pine plantation on Cape Town’s Table Mountain, but only if the remaining pine trees are removed.

Formerly an independent nature reserve, the Cape now lays encompassed by Table Mountain National Park and features miles of tranquil walking trails lined with fynbos (a colorful shrub-like plant).

Hundreds of ancient fynbos species could regrow and restore a former pine plantation on Cape Town’s Table Mountain, but only if the remaining pine trees are removed.

Karen Joan Esler receives funding from the Centre for Invasion Biology, the Water Research Commission and Anglo American (Anglo American Nature Positive Grant). Tony Rebelo received funding from ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Fynbos seeds in South Africa's underground seed banks, dating back over 130 years, remain viable and can germinate if the land is restored. These seed banks ...