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Contents of February 2003

EDITORIAL
Porcupines, muthi plants and wetlands

UPFRONT
News

IDENTIFYING INVADERS
Scotch Thistle and Yellow Bells

REMNANTS OF NATURE IN URBAN AREAS
Elephants Foot in suburban Gauteng

TREE OF THE ISSUE
Mark Mattson chooses Raphia australis

INSPIRATION
Henning Rasmuss writes about Jo'burg Art City

FEATURES

Dungbeetle Recycling's Phakamisa Park

A platform for contemporary crafts

Conservation of wetland

Faraday precinct - a cultural confluence

Restoration and skills transfer

 

Contents of April 2003

EDITORIAL
Blue arrows and Syringa furniture

UPFRONT
News

IDENTIFYING INVADERS
Pickerel Weed and Honey Locust

BOOK REVIEWS

TREE OF THE ISSUE
Graeme Leitch chooses Berchemia discolour

FEATURES

Gas from waste – an energy source

Phytoremediation of nickel contaminated soil

Rehabilitation of strip mines

‘Self-regulatory’ environmental work

Habitat creation to encourage wildlife

Solar heat and energy demonstration centre

 

Contents of June 2003

EDITORIAL
Plant Invaders list

UPFRONT
News

IDENTIFYING INVADERS
Oleander and Tipuana

TREE OF THE ISSUE
Brendan Fox chooses Dombeya tiliacea

FEATURES

Plastic bags, used tyres and waste paper recyling

Co-operative conservation initiative

The Cities for Climate Protection Programme Implemented at Potchefstroom

New council chambers claim green building status

Asbestos removal in buildings

Environmental award for eco-landscaping

 

Contents of August 2003

EDITORIAL
The issue of sustainability

UPFRONT
News

IDENTIFYING INVADERS
Indian Shot and Australian Silky Oak

LETTERS
Trees and the city

TREE OF THE ISSUE
Geoff Nichols chooses the Marula

FEATURES
Expansion of LignoTech SA reduces Sappi Saiccor's waste stream

Taking precautions to save trees

Demonstrating an alternative building technology

Beyond the conventional

A sacred place under siege

Mitigating the ecological impact of river works

 

Contents of October 2003

EDITORIAL
Forests, alien invaders and the Botanical Society

UPFRONT
News

LETTERS

TREES OF THE ISSUE
Trees of the Cape’s Afromontane forests

IDENTIFYING INVADERS

FEATURES

The 2003 IAIAsa National Premium Awards

Biological control of alien invaders

What value heritage?

Empowering public space

Renewing the Newlands Forest

 

Contents for December 2003

EDITORIAL
About Fancourt’s links course and the Pica Awards

UPFRONT
News

IDENTIFYING INVADERS
Lilium formosanum and Arundo donax

TREE OF THE ISSUE
Piet Vosloo chooses the Forest Fever Tree

FEATURES

Waste management at Pilansberg National Park

SA Eagle Square and Mpumalanga Government Complex win Presidential Awards

The green principles of urban renewal

Designed to represent and express the values embodied in the Constitution

Justice Albie Sachs - about the Constutional Court

Unique combination of resources: Groote Schuur Estate