Restoring the fynbos, thicket, and forests on Featherbed Nature Reserve, and removing invasive alien seedlings that germinated after the catastrophic Knysna Fires of June, 2017. The fires destroyed about 95% of the vegetation on the 150 hectare property. I delivered this presentation at the Knysna Timber Festival (6 October, 2018)

1. #FeatherbedRises
Managing rehabilitation on the Western Head, Knysna

2. Biodiversity

3. Part 1: Featherbed Nature Reserve
Chris Daly

4. Fynbos

5. Forest

6. Invasive aliens

7. Late 1800s
The National Archives, UK

8. 1940s

9. 1970

10. 1980s: Tourism

11. 2017

12. Part 2: After the fire. The challenges
11 June 2017

13. Elle Photo
20 June 2017

14. 20 June 2017
Elle Photo

15. First reaction
3 December 2017
Elle Photo

16. Forest damage
2 January 2018

17. Forest damage
21 February 2018

18. Fynbos damage
2 January 2018

19. Fynbos damage
30 May 2018

20. Part 3: Alien invasion
25 January 2018

21. Rooikrans – Acacia cyclops

22. Port Jackson – Acacia saligna

23. Manatoka - Myoporum tenuifolium

24. Black wattle - Acacia mearnsii

25. Khakibos - Tagetes minuta

26. Malpitte - Datura stramonium

27. Gums - Corymbia spp. or Eucalyptus spp.

28. Apple of Peru - Nicandra physaloides

29. Why remove them?
26 March 2018

30. Biodiversity
27 February 2018

31. Threat to human livelihood
7 June 2017

32. Cost to the economy
9 August 2017

33. Depleted water resources

34. Increased fuel loads
10 June 2017

35. Part 4: Our solutions

36. 1. Do nothing wherever we can
12 March 2018

37. 2. Remove the mats wherever we can
22 December 2017

38. 3. Remove the aliens wherever we can
1 March 2018

39. 4. Interplant in the forests
7 February 2018

40. 4. Interplant in the forests: Greenpop
28 June 2018

41. 5. Plan for the future
23 August 2018

42. Alien eradication
12 March 2018

43. Working on Fire
Working on Water
Featherbed Aliens Team

44. Working in blocks
26 February 2018

45. Working in blocks
23 May 2018

46. 9 April 2018

47. 13 July 2018

49. 1 March 2018

50. 1 March 2018

51. 217
1 March 2018

52. 195,300
1 March 2018

53. 28 February 2018

54. 12 March 2018

55. Biological control: Gall fly (2001)

56. http://www.pcu.uct.ac.za/biological-control-invasive-tree-species
Prof. John Hoffmann
Catharina Kleinjan
Fiona Impson
UCT Plant Conservation Unit Biocontrol Research Programme
19 April 2018

58. Natural attrition
Leaf-spot fungus Calonectria scoparia (was Cylindrocladium candelabrum)

59. Sand stabilisation
4 June 2018

60. Sand stabilisation
29 August 2018

61. Sand stabilisation
29 August 2018

62. Sand stabilisation
5 October 2018

63. Conclusion
4 March 2018

64. Clean slate
8 June 2017

65. Vision
12 September 2018

66. What we’ve learned – motivating the team
- Working with rooikrans: pulling, tree-poppers
- Researchers who’ve visited. John Hoffman
Budget
22 May 2018

67. Labour
Expertise
Professional support
12 September 2018

68. Control invasive alien plants
12 March 2018
Future

69. Re-open the walk & return to tourism
Future

70. Renewed emphasis on biodiversity
Haemanthusalbiflos
Future