IMPACT OF TIMBER PLANTATIONS

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IMPACT OF TIMBER PLANTATIONS

• Do they really eradicate poverty?

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SOCIAL IMPACT

• Has research been done to prove?
• Divides the community
• Water shortage (Mtuba, Rivers)
• Food crisis
• Who really gains?
• Land for whose benefit

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ECOLOGICAL IMPACT best rainfall areas
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Mariepskop forestry station (mm) Mean Annual Run
Off Klaserie River (m2) 1935 1964
Period Rainfall, mm Run-off, cubic meters
1935 - 40 1729 143.07 million
1941 - 45 1122 48.72 million
1946 50 1332 38.43 million
1955 - 60 2060 28.72 million
1961 - 64 1308 16.58 million
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Ecological

• Water conservation
• Impact on underground water?
• Sustainable use of water?
• Soil conservation erosion siltation
• Grasslands for water
• Biodiversity
• Fires
• Cara WfW
• Climate change

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ECONOMIC IMPACT

• 1ha gum vs ha of integrated farming
• Real benefits? Export
• What do we lose? (water, biodiversity, wildlife,
• Jobs salaries
• EIAs (EC KZN)
• Imported paper

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Concerns!

• Regulator vs promotion of plantations
• FSC
• EIAs
• True reflection impact of the deal