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Staff receive in-field training

shown in this article. It is an exciting Rehabilitation Project, it is critical to weather, bird and insect activity, as
project, considering that the size of the have experts in their respective fields well as weed pressure from the river
area we are working on is equivalent to assist and monitor progress. To this and surrounding areas. The Greenbelt
two golf courses! end, we work with Ivan van der Walt, Rehabilitation Project team has
co-author of A Practical Grass Selection received training on the following:
To rejuvenate a greenbelt, you need to Guide in South Africa. • Weed identification and removal –
know the following: Weeds are stockpiled and removed
Safety first after each season.
Bioregion Due to this workplace being different • Erosion control – Each staff member
What type of greenbelt do you have? to an office environment, several is dedicated to a specific greenbelt
In the Western Cape they have Fynbos, safety training sessions and tests are and is responsible for repairing
while the Northern Cape is a Southern conducted before any staff member is erosion damage on their greenbelt
Namib Desert Bioregion. In Gauteng allowed into the greenbelts. The team after downpours. The soil is replaced
our greenbelts are identified as a Mesic is even given training on different and diversions using straw bales,
Highveld Grassland Bioregion, and in spider species. swales and interplanting are
Waterfall City we are recognised as a maintained. This includes overseeing
rare Egoli Granite Grassland. In-field training the Mountain Bike Track.
Training in areas like greenbelts is • Not disturbing habitats – Staff
To ensure that biodiversity is ongoing, as nature’s variables can are taught to tread lightly in this
sustained throughout this Greenbelt always change depending on seasonal environment.

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