NEWS
SEARCHING FOR SPECIES GREEN DESERTS ?
Thousands of species have been recorded on land owned by the forestry industry
including several priority species that we would like you to keep an eye out for!
All you need to do is record your location, the date and the species you have seen and
send this information to [email protected] along with any photos you took. The irony of this myth is that if critics really understood deserts,
they'd know that they are actually teeming with life.
You just need to know where to look! The same is true for timber plantations.
MAMMALS
Aardwolf
Aardvark
Blue Duiker
Rough-haired
Golden Mole
Oribi
Leopard
BUT
At the scale of a timber compartment
or stand, plantations are
MONOCULTURES.
1ha
1ha
At a LANDSCAPE LEVEL
they actually contribute
to CONSERVING biodiversity.
Stands may only have
ONE species of tree,
but there will be
HUNDREDS
of other plants
and animals found
within them.
Only 70% of
forestry land
is planted
70:30
ratio
Samango Monkey
For every 1,000 hectares:
BIRDS
Bald Ibis
Bearded Vulture
Black Stork
Blue Crane
Blue Swallow
Cape Parrot
Grey Crowned
Crane
50ha
of roads
and buildings.
300ha
unplanted: 250ha
are conserved.
WHAT’S CONSERVED?
Conserved riparian areas*, grasslands and indigenous
forests provide important habitats for flora and fauna
and increase water production.
Cape Vulture
700ha
planted.
As a result, there is a network of wildlife
corridors running through plantations.
AERIAL VIEW
*A riparian area is the interface
where the land meets a river or stream.
PLANTATION
CORRIDOR
CREATED, MANAGED
AND PROTECTED
by timber plantation owners in South Africa.
Searching for species.
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