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FynbosArchive of news articles on external web sites. For mongabay-specific articles, please see http://www.mongabay.com/xml-list.htmlIndependent OnlinePrins said the extent of the damage to fynbos still needed to be determined, but he estimated that about two hectares had been destroyed by the fire. Luxury living out of Africa - Jul 31, 2009 Business DayIt is bordered by the Noetzie beach and Sinclair Nature Reserve and has great views of the Indian Ocean and the indigenous forests and fynbos landscapes of DEVELOPMENT FEATURE: Activities galore for busy over-50s - Jul 25, 2009 Business DayWith the minimal footprint of this development, there is ample opportunity for spaces dedicated to natural fynbos conservation (as part of the Cape floral Saturday: GVG in Wayne's World - Jul 14, 2009 The TimesWayne recounted how he knew they were in trouble when hundreds of tortoises moved out of the thick fynbos on the mountains and into the grassland, Princess Vlei sale nearly finalised - Jul 27, 2009 Legalbrief (subscription)The shores of the vlei are also one of the few habitats of the critically endangered Cape Flats Sand Fynbos. Philip Bam, chairperson of the Lotus River, FThere are benefits to charging up with the energy of life itself - Jul 15, 2009 Business DayI was able to observe the dew on the fynbos, see fresh morning sunlight touch the ocean and the lagoon, listen to and watch birds welcome the day in their Alarm bells over shacks on dune at Sedgefield - Jul 29, 2009 Weekend PostIf the fynbos is stripped, the wind erodes it very quickly and if a dune is opened in big sections, it will be destabilised.� New life at De Hoop - Jul 27, 2009 iAfrica.comA four-bedroom set of cottages is nestled amongst the fynbos at the top of the dunes, with panoramic views out to sea. Whale-watching from around the braai Water restrictions to stay – despite the heavy rains - Jul 23, 2009 Weekend PostThe Western Cape produces up to 60% of South Africa's agricultural exports, including wine, deciduous fruit, citrus, grain, fynbos, vegetables, ostriches, Robertson Slow - Enjoying Life… Slowly - Jul 30, 2009 South African Music & Theatre (press release)Other activities will include Horse Riding, Boating and Fynbos and Renosterveld Walks as well as Nordic Hiking. On Sunday, 9 August join us for our 2nd Breedekloof Festival - Jul 23, 2009 iAfrica.comBesides being able to sip award-winning wines, activities include live music and entertainment, food and wine pairing, quad-biking, guided fynbos hikes and And then we cantered - Jul 21, 2009 Cape Argus (subscription)The horses took us on a gentle stroll past gnarly vineyards and sodden fields - past a mop of ostriches and through buzzing fynbos. Book launch: A Captain's Diary: 2007 - 2009 - Jul 17, 2009 TonightSet high on the scenic bend between Llandudno and Hout Bay, you have sweeping views of spirited seas and spritely mountains and a fine feathering of fynbos. Brutal challenges as bikers and runners compete in the dark - Jul 16, 2009 CXpress...to traverse everything from paved roads to rocky river beds and exciting fynbos trails that ordinarily are out of bounds to the general public to enjoy. Cooking up a storm - Jul 16, 2009 iAfrica.comThe aromatic scents of Wild Rosemary and Fynbos are combined with traditional Karoo Lamb and Springbok Loin to create a gastronomic delight that never fails Capetonian Kennedy is king of the Featherbed trail run - Jul 16, 2009 CXpressThe route back to the finish line at Cruise Café also includes a variety of surfaces from dirt trails through ancient Milkwood forests, coastal fynbos, South Africa's World Cup wine tour - Jul 14, 2009 South Africa.infoA branded, double-decker hybrid and carbon-neutral bus filled with fynbos arrangements, grape vines and hosted by South African winemakers, travelled to Bliss with a twist - Jul 10, 2009 Financial Mail (subscription)With views of vineyards, fynbos-festooned slopes and the kick-ass modern winery, we taste a number of Pienaar's dishes and Dornier's elegant wines in what South Africa's Cape Town offers lots to see - Jul 14, 2009 Ottawa Citizen...are combined with products containing some of the area's rich unique "Fynbos" (literally fine bush) flora, to create a truly invigorating rub down. Outeniqua in Zuid-Afrika: één plaats, drie wereldberoemde routes - Jul 10, 2009 opReisGids.nlDeze 'Tuinenroute' dankt zijn naam aan de vele heesterbosjes op de route, het fynbos, die in de bloeiperiode de hele route kleuren. E Cape fire still burning - 25 Mar 2009 News24Port Elizabeth - A devastating fire that has caused millions of rands of damage in the Langkloof, was still burning hectares of fynbos on the summit of the Cape fires worst in a decade - Mar 21, 2009 Independent OnlineWhile ecologists have emphasised that regular burns are crucial to fynbos regeneration - and some have called for the Veld and Forest Fire Act to be George traditional healers take on eco-garden project - Mar 24, 2009 Legalbrief (subscription)Cape Nature says the initiative will enable traditional healers to harvest indigenous plants at the garden without negatively affecting the fynbos in the Cape Winemakers Confront Fires - Mar 19, 2009 Wine SpectatorSouth Africa's native brush, called fynbos, can dry out quickly, especially during the warm summer months. Wildfires are a constant risk during dry times Bush fires engulf Table Mountain in Cape Town - Mar 18, 2009 Telegraph.co.ukBush fires are a regular occurrence on and around Table Mountain, which is home to the unique fynbos vegetation, taken from the Afrikaan’s word meaning Mountain fires flares in Paarl - Mar 8, 2009 Independent OnlineSince then it had destroyed in excess of 5000 hectares of mainly fynbos plantation and, to a lesser extent, vineyards, with orchards also suffering damage. An Epic race through ashes after raging fires - Mar 12, 2009 Independent OnlineBut they then head into the territory of charred forests and decimated fynbos. "It looks like the moon: arid, dry, dusty, puffs of smoke still here and Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens - Mar 17, 2009 Depok MetroStrolls around the immaculate formal gardens will reveal a myriad of colour and spectacular examples of numerous Fynbos species, while the more adventurous Wind spreads Cape fire - Mar 12, 2009 News24Thousands of hectares of fynbos and plantations have been destroyed by mountain fires in the Western Cape over the past few weeks. Boule classic - Mar 19, 2009 Hermanus TimesOther sponsors include Fynbos mineral water. Teams of two will compete in a round robin knock-out format with the finals commencing directly after lunch. Vergelegen Winning The War On Virus - Mar 15, 2009 Cape Business NewsAs the indigenous fynbos returns, it attracts increasing numbers of birds and insects. Amongst the insects that now occur in abundance are ladybirds, New national park unveiled in Knysna - Mar 6, 2009 Independent Online..."The diverse biomes in the Garden Route include indigenous forests, the Knysna estuary, the Wilderness lake areas, marine protected areas, lowland fynbos Tafelberg maanlandschap na felle brand - Mar 18, 2009 AD.nlHet stugge struikgewas heet fynbos en heeft een hoge natuurwaarde. Volgens biologen is een stevige brand elke tien jaar noodzakelijk om fynbos in leven te Discover Cape Town's natural and human beauty: escape - Mar 7, 2009 Courier MailThe 1750ha five-star nature reserve overlooks a landscape of fynbos species, ancient milkwood tree forests and beautiful Walker Bay, where southern right Cape fires could have been controlled - Mar 14, 2009 The Times...“It is always sad to see such a beautiful place scarred by fire, but within a year or two, when the winter rains come and the fynbos has grown again, A-mazing sips - Mar 14, 2009 The TimesThere are a couple made from cacti and fynbos succulents in Robertson (Soekershof); and Doolhof wine estate in Wellington has a circular one executed in Villas above the vines - Mar 14, 2009 The TimesTuscan villa high on the slopes of sculptured rock and fynbos-covered mountains and the jackal buzzard sky- perching effortlessly above. Cape of fair trade - Mar 3, 2009 Mail & Guardian OnlineGrootbos is a world-renowned flora biodiversity hotspot, with outstanding fynbos and some of the world's last surviving milkwood forests. Fire leaves thousands homeless - Mar 9, 2009 Independent OnlineThe fire devoured some fynbos and eucalyptus forest, but was contained. Smoke continued to waft across the Winelands towards Cape Town on Monday, Sizzling hot W Cape on red alert - Mar 5, 2009 Independent Online...in high winds, updraughts, downdraughts in the kloofs, in thick smoke ... it's confusing if you don't know these fynbos fires," the source said. Father, newborn baby die in Delft blaze - Mar 3, 2009 Independent OnlineIt's going to take years for the fynbos to restore itself," he said. At the time of going to press this morning, the fire had burned at least 8km into the The Exclusive Books Children’s Festival: Programme and Competition ... - Mar 5, 2009 The TimesExclusive Books stores will also be hosting some of South Africa’s award winning children’s authors, namely: Antjie Krog (author of Fynbos Feetjies); SA: Walking for Eden, and elephants - Mar 19, 2009 Mathaba.NetThese together protect patches of Afromontane Forest, Mountain Fynbos, Succulent Karoo, Savanna Grassland and Albany Thicket. Arson suspected - Mar 12, 2009 Helderberg.comAn estimated 95% of the pine plantation and fynbos have been destroyed. A total of 120 beehives was also burned, causing great loss to the estate's bee When the wind blows - Mar 11, 2009 Tyger BurgerA blood-red sliver of moon at night, awful to see, witness to fynbos and forest being devoured by fire. Prayers for relief, but the wind is in the east. JO-ANN BEKKER attended the momentous breakfast affair during which ... - Mar 12, 2009 CXpress..."The diverse biomes of the Garden Route that include the indigenous forests, Knysna estuary and Wilderness lake areas, lowland fynbos, marine protected Most gebärdet sich wild - Mar 19, 2009 Allgemeine Zeitung Namibia...gerade dem Höhepunkt zustrebte, lagen die Berge von Hottentots-Holland im brennenden Dunst der Hänge, wo die Flammen den kostbaren Fynbos auffraßen. Bagging Bargains in Cape Town, South Africa - 21 Feb 2009 New York Times,Like much of the Cape Peninsula, this treeless range of hills is blanketed with fynbos — the hard-leafed heathlike vegetation that evolved in isolation in Cape fires threatening fynbos - Feb 5, 2009 The Times,EXPERTS have warned that increased veld fires in the Western Cape are threatening the existence of several fynbos species. Fire destroys 300 hectares of fynbos - Feb 5, 2009 Hermanus Times,...“We would have liked the fynbos to be a bit older say 15 years and older, but luckily with the professional efforts from the Overberg fire and rescue R27m lost as fire sweeps Cederberg - Feb 9, 2009 Independent Online,CapeNature described the fire as an "ecological disaster" as it destroyed about 6 000ha of fynbos that had been burnt only eight years earlier. Exhausted firefighters hoping for relief - Feb 8, 2009 Independent Online,Shortly after midnight the fire moved through fynbos and into a river bed choked with wattle and bluegum trees. Spreading rapidly up the opposite slope, Counting the cost as W Cape fires rage on - Feb 14, 2009 Cape Times (subscription),He said much of the fynbos and strandveld was over 20 years old and due for a burn. CapeNature executive director for operations Fanie Bekker explained that Snack tycoon’s helipad beach house angers conservationists - Jan 31, 2009 The Times,Beachfront plots at his Romansbaai Beach and Fynbos Estate near Gansbaai were snapped up in 2004. But two years later, buyers were told their plots had to Win a gastronomic experience - Jan 26, 2009 Moneyweb,Luvo Ntezo and Eric Zwiebel. de Carvalho's experimentation with Cape Fynbos inspires the five course meal, which features delicacies like a Spicy West Action stations - Feb 12, 2009 Helderberg.com,Lourensford operations manager of the fruit division, Barry Humby, said a small section of pine forest and approximately 400 hectares of fynbos was raised Love on a teaspoon - Feb 19, 2009 iAfrica.com,The fish course consisted of Oven Baked Linefish (Cape Salmon) with fynbos honey and green pumpkin seeds, and Confit of Salmon with fennel salad and caviar. In the Primordial Soup - Feb 12, 2009 The New York Review of BooksTo state that South African fynbos, Australian kwongan, and Californian chaparral are "fire-resistant" is strange, for they are among the most We have a wildfire tragedy of our own - Feb 14, 2009 The Times,What was once a picture-postcard valley filled with fynbos is black, grey and dead. Smoke drifts from smouldering tree stumps. It’s what wars will look like Fires wreak havoc in W Cape - Feb 5, 2009 News24,Shortly after 18:00, the flames at the foot of the cliffs moved into a stretch of fynbos, which could pose a problem, said Reinard Geldenhuys, the Overberg From gangster knives to the great outdoors - Jan 31, 2009 The Times,Then he ended up teaching kids about fynbos as a wildlife volunteer on Table Mountain, from where he was hand-picked to join Educo Africa. Endangered plant rediscovered - Feb 11, 2009 The Herald Eastern Cape,...but the plant occurs there, only a few metres from the busy road – and not on the undisturbed fynbos-covered ridge on the other side of La Roche. South African wine as green as Obama - Feb 9, 2009 WWF International,...worthy natural vegetation including the highly threatened Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Swartland Shale Renosterveld and Atlantis Sand Fynbos. Aromatherapy vs cancer - Feb 2, 2009 Health24.com,These are Pranarôm for international essential oils and Zinziba, which provides me with the indigenous fynbos essential oils. WC’s climate plan to reduce emissions - Jan 29, 2009 City Vision,The MEC said even the Cape Floral Kingdom came under pressure with fynbos dieback due to heavy rains in the Outeniqua Mountains. The Western Cape Provincial Amended Bitou structure plan could clear the way for Hanglip - Jan 26, 2009 The Herald Eastern Cape,...implement a rehabilitation programme in the wetland areas along the Bitou River and restore 268 hectares of degraded land on the plateau to fynbos. People who work in glasshouses... Escape the winter and visit ... - Feb 2, 2009 Daily Mail,More than 2000 species of plants from the fynbos of South Africa to the rainforests of Brazil guarantee a spectacular show you can enjoy without ever having Kapstadt – zu Fuß auf den Tafelberg klettern - Feb 2, 2009 WELT ONLINE,Denn überall da, wo die Holländer einst europäische Nadelwälder kultivierten, musste die einzigartige Buschlandschaft – Fynbos (Afrikaans: Gebüsch) genannt Südafrika deluxe: Naturnahe Lodges der Spitzenklasse bei airtours - Jan 29, 2009 inar.de (Pressemitteilung),Auf geführten Wanderungen erfahren die Gäste mehr über die Besonderheiten der einzigartigen Fynbos-Vegetation am Kap. 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