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13 Apr 2022

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The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (Deff) has announced four tree species have been added to the list of protected trees in South Africa. The updated annual list of all tree species protected in terms of the National Forests Act was published by the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy, in Government Gazette 46094 (Notice No. 1935) on 25 March. The four species added to the list are the Red and Pink Ivory (Berchemia zeyheri), the Jackal Berry (Diospyros mespiliformis), Manketti (Schinziophyton rautanenii) and the Umtiza (Umtiza listeriana). The consequence of declaring a tree, species of trees or a particular group of trees, or a particular woodland as protected in terms of the National Forests Act, means that no person may cut, disturb, damage or destroy any protected tree, or possess, collect, remove, transport, export, purchase, sell, donate or in any other manner acquire or dispose of any protected tree, or any forest product derived from a protected tree, except under a licence granted by the minister, or in terms of an exemption from the provisions if approved by the minister on the advice of the council. A person who contravenes the prohibitions is considered to have com

Four tree species protected

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13 Apr 2022

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (Deff) has announced four tree species have been added to the list of protected trees in South Africa. The updated annual list of all tree species protected in terms of the National Forests Act was published by the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy, in Government Gazette 46094 (Notice No. 1935) on 25 March. The four species added to the list are the Red and Pink Ivory (Berchemia zeyheri), the Jackal Berry (Diospyros mespiliformis), Manketti (Schinziophyton rautanenii) and the Umtiza (Umtiza listeriana). The consequence of declaring a tree, species of trees or a particular group of trees, or a particular woodland as protected in terms of the National Forests Act, means that no person may cut, disturb, damage or destroy any protected tree, or possess, collect, remove, transport, export, purchase, sell, donate or in any other manner acquire or dispose of any protected tree, or any forest product derived from a protected tree, except under a licence granted by the minister, or in terms of an exemption from the provisions if approved by the minister on the advice of the council. A person who contravenes the prohibitions is considered to have com

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