Our Living Community - 3 September 2025

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Various plants have been proven to have medicinal properties, and many cultural and religious groups use them as remedies or in rituals. In this episode of Our Living Community, the co-founder of the Newlands Forest Conservation Group, Willem Boshoff, explains to Otto van der Walt the core activity they were targeting with their anti-bark stripping solution. It is important to note that the harvesting of anything from a National Park without a permit is illegal.
3 Sep 2025 English South Africa Science · Nature

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