By Ferdie JordaanUltimately, each sprayed droplet containing a pesticide represents what was originally put into the spray tank, with water making up 90% or more of the spray mix. Don’t be mistaken: each droplet counts!
Water, with good reason, is the most obvious carrier for pesticide applications. A pesticide application to ... Read More
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Jun2021
The second draft of the Forest Stewardship Council ® (FSC®) International Generic Indicators (IGIs) for the use of Highly Hazardous Pesticides has caused quite a stir across the globe, about biomonitoring requirements it stipulates.
In response, Iba – the association responsible for representing the planted tree production chain in Brazil, PCCF/IPEF ... Read More
June 16, 2021Katy Louise
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Apr2021
When it comes to “scientific buzzwords”, “nano” has to be my prefix of choice – at least for the last 5-10 years! The world, it seems, has gone crazy for nano. From nano-sim cards in phones to the nano-particles in my face cream that promise eternal youth, the future it ... Read More
April 9, 2021Katy Louise
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Apr2021
Article by Jacqui Meyer
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) seems to be synonymous with an anti-pesticide sentiment, right? You would be forgiven for agreeing, as the seemingly anti-pesticide stance - “to minimise the use of pesticides” - is clearly stated in the first paragraph introducing the concept of IPM on the Food ... Read More
April 9, 2021Katy Louise
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Feb2021
By Roger Poole, TIPWG Chair
As we imagined, we have been fielding numerous emails and calls about how to tackle the coming fire season’s tracer belt preparation without using paraquat. For many, this normally daunting task, made more challenging by the past summer’s excessive rainfall in some areas and resultant vegetation ... Read More
February 26, 2021Katy Louise
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Feb2021
By Dr Katy Johnson, FSA Communication consultant
As I child, I always wanted to change the world. It started with dreams of flying high above the clouds, in tight spandex and mask, with my cape flowing majestically behind me. Yes, at five changing the world meant being Supergirl and righting every ... Read More
February 26, 2021Katy Louise
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Oct2020
By Dr Mike Morris, Plant Health Products
As forestry practices look towards safer and more environmentally friendly solutions for pest and disease management, the use of biological control provides a suitable option.
Biological control of forestry pests in South Africa has been active for more than 100 years. This has largely involved ... Read More
October 29, 2020Katy Louise
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Jul2020
The view of David Everard based on over 20 years of experience as Environmental Manager for Sappi Forests. 29 May 2020
In these challenging times of the Covid-19 pandemic where a fundamental change in the way we live and do things is inevitable, it is a time when many of us, ... Read More
July 27, 2020Katy Louise
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Apr2020
By Jacqui Meyer
On 3 April 2020, the Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) released an update to the interpretation of ‘Implementation of the Pesticide Policy’.
The update clarifies the role of the draft ‘Highly Hazardous Pesticide – International Generic Indicators’ (HHP-IGIs) during the transition period for Scenario Two.
Scenario Two is the use of ... Read More
April 28, 2020Katy Louise
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Feb2020
The American Bramble (Rubus cuneifolius) is the thing of nightmares for most foresters. As an alien species that thrives in South African conditions, it has an uncanny knack of surviving most control methods thrown at it.
In the throws of bramble fighting season, TIPWG spoke to Alasdair Mackenzie from Midlands Spray ... Read More
February 13, 2020Katy Louise