Centurion Hyperion tree tree 115.6m tall 99m tall Magoebas- - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Centurion Hyperion tree tree 115.6m tall 99m tall Magoebas- - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Centurion Hyperion tree tree 115.6m tall 99m tall Magoebas- kloof Giants 81.5m tall Tule tree 11.3m dbh General Sherman tree 7.7m dbh 83m tall Sagole baobab 10.8m dbh To list and protect individual trees and groups of trees of
Magoebas- kloof Giants 81.5m tall Centurion tree 99m tall Hyperion tree 115.6m tall
General Sherman tree 7.7m dbh 83m tall Tule tree 11.3m dbh Sagole baobab 10.8m dbh
To list and protect individual trees and groups of trees of exceptional (national) conservation value under the National Forests Act of 1998 WHY? Trees of exceptional value are lost to development and other causes
Southern Cape KZN Midlands Cape Metro & Winelands Magoebaskloof Gauteng
CITES tree species & products Protected tree & forest tree species & products
Examples of exported South African turning blanks
White Pear (Apodytes dimidiata) Flat Crown (Albizia adianthifolia) Red Milkwood (Mimusops caffra) White Ironwood (Vepris carringtoniana) White Milkwood (Sideroxylon inerme) Buffalo Thorn (Ziziphus mucronata) Spalted White Stinkwood (Celtis africana) White Stinkwood (Celtis africana)
Barry James – Red Ivory Trading
Turned bowls from South African wood
Barry James – Red Ivory Trading
Quar (Psydrax obovata) Flat Crown (Albizia adianthifolia) Red Milkwood (Mimusops caffra) White Ironwood (Vepris carringtoniana) Dune Thorn (Acacia kosiensis) Buffalo Thorn (Ziziphus mucronata) Black Stinkwood (Ocotea bullata) Ironwood (Olea capensis subsp macrocarpa)