Our Living Community - 11 June 2025

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Tackling the removal of alien vegetation, or hacking, is a team effort. The co-founder of the Sugarbird Project, Sandy van Hoogstraten tells Otto van der Walt about their collaborative relationship with Sanparks, and stripped away any illusions of the severity of the invasives problem.

11 Jun English South Africa Science · Nature

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