Weed Control Tongaat Hulett Sugar Refinery

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Invasive alien weed control at the Hulett Sugar Refinery

The management of Tongaat Hulett Sugar must be commended for their proactive approach to weed identification and control at their Sugar Refinery in Durban, having called in inspectors from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) in to do a vegetation assessment for them and to advise on alien invasive plants that needed removal and control on their property.

HLEM alien weed control tongaat hulett refinery

Following the identification of NEMBA Category 1b and Category 3 alien invasive plants at the Sugar refinery by Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) inspectors, THS wasted no time in appointing HLEM to undertake the removal and ongoing control of the alien invasive vegetation and to rehabilitate the area.

Hopefully this commendable proactive act by Tongaat Hulett Sugar in dealing with the threat of alien invasive vegetation will be followed by other companies in South Africa.

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Alien invasive weed control Tongaat Hulett Sugar Refinery Durban

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Removing NEMBA Cat. 1a alien invasive weeds

Click here to see the NEMBA National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act No. 10 of 2004

Regulations in regard property owners

Category 1a:

Invasive species requiring compulsory control. Remove and destroy. Any specimens of Category 1a listed species need, by law, to be eradicated from the environment. No permits will be issued to keep these species.

Category 1b:

Invasive species requiring compulsory control as part of an invasive species control programme. Remove and destroy. These plants are deemed to have such a high invasive potential that infestations can qualify to be placed under a government sponsored invasive species management programme. No permits will be issued to keep these species.

Category 2:

Invasive species regulated by area. A demarcation permit is required to import, possess, grow, breed, move, sell, buy or accept as a gift any plants listed as Category 2 plants. No permits will be issued for Cat 2 plants to exist in riparian zones.

Category 3:

Invasive species regulated by activity. An individual plant permit is required to undertake any of the following restricted activities (import, possess, grow, breed, move, sell, buy or accept as a gift) involving a Category 3 species. No permits will be issued for Cat 3 plants to exist in riparian zones.