Prof Mike Wingfield, Director of FABI and the TPCP, has this week been elected as the new president of IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organizations). We would like to congratulate Mike with this major achievement that will greatly benefit the South African forestry industry and forestry research in South Africa.
Article appeared in Wood SA & Timber Times in November 2012.
July 25 2012 was an important day for forest protection in South Africa, as it marked the first release of Selitrichodes neseri, the biological control agent for the eucalyptus gall wasp, Leptocybe invasa.
Article appeared in Wood SA & Timber Times in December 2010.
Article appeared in Wood SA & Timber Times in December 2010.
Article appeared in Wood SA & Timber Times in December 2010.
Article appeared in Wood SA & Timber Times in December 2010.
Article appeared in Wood SA & Timber Times in December 2010.
Article appeared in Science for Society, the ASSAf Newsletter, in November 2010.
Two new species of fungi, recently discovered by UP staff members from FABI, has been respectively named after the University of Pretoria and FABI.
Article appeared in SAPPEX News Issue 106 in July 2000.
A killer fungus which is destroying the oak trees in Cape Town's historic Company's Gardens could have been introduced on citrus trees planted more than 300 years ago by Jan van Riebeeck.
After 200 years oak trees may disappear from the Avenue in the Company's Gardens in Cape Town.