Alien plants will be removed from Kloof street verges
The Kloof Conservancy appeals to Highway residents to help remove alien plants.
THE eThekwini Municipality’s Parks Leisure and Cemeteries Department, in partnership with the Kloof Conservancy, will continue operations to remove alien invasive plants from municipal street verges.
The National Environmental Management Biodiversity Act (NEMBA) came into effect on 1 October 2014. Its regulations require the control and eradication of species that have been identified as invasive alien plants (IAPs), which are listed in the NEMBA regulations.
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The sustainable partnership between the two bodies in an effort to remove IAPs has been ongoing since March 2015.
The list of plants species that will be removed include: Sisal (agave sisalana including the variegated species), swordfern (nephrolepis spp.), wedelia/Singapore daisy (thelechitonia trilobata.) and Queensland umbrella trees (schefflera actinophylla ) which may have been unintentionally planted by residents on verges.
“A contractor will be removing these species from verges. Where possible, alternative plants will be offered by the municipality. The cost of eradication of the IAPs is being borne by Kloof Conservancy,” said the organisation’s Paolo Candotti.
The Kloof Conservancy and the eThekwini Municipality appeal to each resident’s sense of civic responsibility and seeks their co-operation to remove the plants and help to make Kloof free of IAPs.
Contact the manager of special services, Lance Rasmussen, on 031 311 5719 or e-mail Lance.Rasmussen@durban.gov.za.
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