Spekboom thicket restoration in partnership with Reforest’Action
Anthony Mills, CEO of C4 EcoSolutions, describes the current upscaling of spekboom thicket restoration in the Eastern Cape.
Anthony Mills, CEO of C4 EcoSolutions, describes the current upscaling of spekboom thicket restoration in the Eastern Cape.
On 24 March, C4 Chairman Anthony Mills presented at the Global Forest Summit in Brussels on his efforts to catalyse the restoration of 1.2 million hectares of desertified land in the Eastern Cape Province using the plant Portulacaria afra, commonly known as...
The ending of 2018 provided an opportunity for the team at C4 EcoSolutions (C4) to celebrate how far we have come and to recommit ourselves to the journey ahead. Last year was a good one for C4, primarily because we: i) visited 31 countries (Figure 1); ii) were...
The 19th of November 2018 was World Toilet Day, an official United Nations observance day that intends to inform, engage and encourage people to contribute towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation[1]. Kenya-based social...
The clearing of primary forest for agriculture, urban expansion and industrialisation has increased across the tropics. In addition, marginal agricultural lands are being abandoned as communities seek more lucrative careers in urban centres. As a result, the...
The Kuzuko Thicket Restoration Project (KTRP) is planning to plant spekboom (Portulacaria afra) cuttings over 5,000 hectares in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Over a period of fifty years, the planted spekboom will sequester carbon and increase biodiversity,...