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Unleashing an army to repair alien-ravaged ecosystems [1]

After centuries of colonization and trade, South Africa is now home to alien species from Australia, Europe, Asia, and the Americas. As an antidote, a pioneering program called Working for Water (WfW) has cleared about 1 million hectares of invasive species in the past 15 years.

Publication Date: 
31/07/2009
Robert Koenig [2]
Science [3]
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Environment [4], Weeds [5], Invasive Alien Species [6], South Africa [7], Ecosystems [8]
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