The commercial timber plantations at Newlands are of invasive alien pine trees. These spread their seeds en masse into the surrounding indigenous vegetation. Newlands Forest. Cape Town. Source – S ...

South Africa’s efforts to combat water-greedy invasive alien trees are facing a series of critical setbacks following a 78% cut in budget to the environmental programmes charged with implementing ...

Hidden deep within the lush landscapes of the Philippines lies a forest so surreal that visitors can’t help but feel like they are in some alien movie. This is not because of the wildlife found there ...