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On Cape Town's beaches, swimmers shower off sand from their feet. Irrigation pipes water the region's famed vineyards. And Shadrack Mogress fumes as he fills a barrel with water so he can flush his t…

Areas like Khayelitsha are struggling with Cape Town's water supply as the city estimates about 31 neighbourhoods don't have clean access.

Clearing alien trees before the drought hit could have reduced the impact of climate change on water supply during the ‘Day Zero’ drought.

Scientists from South Africa developed nature-based solutions to fight drought on water resources. Nature-based solutions such as preventing alien tree infestation on mountains have been proven to be a viable alternative in reducing the impact of climate change on drought, particularly concerning low river flows, according to a new study.

A new research led by the University of Cape Town (UCT) has shown how catchment restoration through the management of alien tree infestation in the mountains of

A new study, directed by Dr Petra Holden from the African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) at the University of Cape Town (UCT), has demonstrated how catchment restoration—by controlling alien tree invasion in the mountains located in the southwestern Cape—could have diminished the effect of climate change on low stream flows during the “Day Zero” drought in Cape Town.

A new research led by the University of Cape Town (UCT) has shown how catchment restoration through the management of alien tree infestation in the mountains of

A new research led by the University of Cape Town (UCT) has shown how catchment restoration through the management of alien tree infestation in the mountains of the South-Western Cape could have lessened the impact of climate change on low river flows during the cape Town Day Zero drought.

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Presenter Mike Wills chats to the City of Cape Town's Patricia van der Ross.