It’s a massive problem, ” said Louise Stafford, South Africa’s programme director at The Nature Conservancy, an NGO leading the process. The control of the pines was fast-tracked in 2018, when Cape Town narrowly avoided having its taps run dry during a drought dubbed “ Day Zero ”....
Pine trees, first introduced from Europe during the 17th century, are now the backbone of South Africa’s commercial forestry industry....
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