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SUSTAINABILITY
1983
Mandela University’s South Campus is
declared a private nature reserve
Forests of
the Future
Two of the global south leaders in forestry
studies, Nelson Mandela University and São
Paulo State University, are partnering in
the advancement of silviculture technology,
which will bring welcome improvements
to South Africa’s plantation forest sector.
Heather Dugmore reports.
Above: Dr Muedanyi Ramantswana explaining forestry operations to students. The operations are noisy (chainsaws and machines are always running
in the background) and students are not able to hear if he doesn’t use a loudspeaker.
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