Controlling Terrestrial Invasives in the City of Cape Town
Terrestrial invasive plants refer to plants that invade terrestrial ecosystems such as mountains forests, or landscapes.
Cape Town is situated in the heart of one of the world’s biodiversity "hotspots", the Cape Floristic Region, known for its extraordinarily high diversity and endemism. The two greatest threats to this unique biodiversity of Cape Town are urban sprawl and alien plant invasions. Invasive plants not only displace indigenous plants, they also alter the habitat for wildlife, and impact negatively on ecosystems on which people, plants and animals depend on for their existence and well-being.
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"Water is a life-sustaining natural resource. It is therefore important to manage water resources by keeping catchment areas free of thirsty invasive trees"
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