From lfeldkamp at TNC.ORG Wed Aug 2 10:58:04 2017 From: lfeldkamp at TNC.ORG (Lisa Feldkamp) Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2017 15:58:04 +0000 Subject: [APWG] Water Fund to Remove Invasives & Restoring Native Plants in Cape Town Message-ID: Hi PCA & APWG, I thought you would all be interested in this story of a new water fund in Cape Town, South Africa that has among its goals removing invasive plants (that are draining the regions water resources & increasing fire frequency) and to protect the region?s botanical diversity (3% of the world?s plant life): https://blog.nature.org/science/2017/08/02/can-conservation-provide-water-for-cape-town-in-a-time-of-drought/ Thank you! Cheers, Lisa "What?s so funny ?bout peace, love & understanding?" ? Nick Lowe / Made famous by Elvis Costello Lisa Feldkamp Science Communications The Nature Conservancy lfeldkamp at tnc.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Phytodoer at aol.com Wed Aug 2 12:19:24 2017 From: Phytodoer at aol.com (Phytodoer at aol.com) Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2017 13:19:24 -0400 Subject: [APWG] Water Fund to Remove Invasives & Restoring Native Plants in Cape T... Message-ID: hello! South Africa - especially the Cape - have had a "working for water" program since at least 2000 - much of the focus is on removing invasive woody plants, esp. Acacias. Faith Campbell In a message dated 8/2/2017 12:08:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, lfeldkamp at TNC.ORG writes: Hi PCA & APWG, I thought you would all be interested in this story of a new water fund in Cape Town, South Africa that has among its goals removing invasive plants (that are draining the regions water resources & increasing fire frequency) and to protect the region?s botanical diversity (3% of the world?s plant life): https://blog.nature.org/science/2017/08/02/can-conservation-provide-water-for-cape-town-in-a-time-of-drought/ Thank you! Cheers, Lisa "What?s so funny ?bout peace, love & understanding?" ? Nick Lowe / Made famous by Elvis Costello Lisa Feldkamp Science Communications The Nature Conservancy lfeldkamp at tnc.org _______________________________________________ PCA's Alien Plant Working Group mailing list APWG at lists.plantconservation.org http://lists.plantconservation.org/mailman/listinfo/apwg_lists.plantconserva tion.org Disclaimer Any requests, advice or opinions posted to this list reflect ONLY the opinion of the individual posting the message. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: