African Wildlife & Environment Issue 79

CONTENTS

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1 Editorial 2 Guest editorial 3 Celebrating 95 years of WESSA 6 Letters to the editor 8 Good reads

Cape Floristic Region

WESSA Leadership 13 Mpendulo (M.P. Dlamini) - the new kid on the block

Conservation 15 Water as a national security issue

Fauna, Flora & Wildlife 18 Clearing up the misonceptions about forests in the Cape Floristic Region 23 The Wild Amaranth 26 This is mine: biodiversity or minerals

The Wild Amarath

Gardening for Biodiversity 36 The Tree Fuchsia

Destinations 43 Marievale Bird Sanctuary

Marievale Bird Sanctuary

Birding 50 Narina Trogon the jewel of the forests

Nature Notes 54 Kingfishers are king

Subscriptions / General 59 WESSA membership 60 Leaving a legacy 61 Region, area office, branch & centre contacts 62 Publication details

Kingfishers are King

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Cover photograph: Albert Froneman