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Working for Water in Cape Town

The project took place in the Cape of Good Hope national park that is in the Cape Floristic Region in South Africa. The project was aimed at protecting the fynbos of the natural park and eliminated the Acacia Saligna from the National Park, where it alters the fire regime that the plants in the fynbos depend upon every year. The event took place near one of the lakes that support all sorts of aquatic life and are dependent upon the natural vegetation for their migration during the wet season.

Working for Water pine tree removal

In Kruger National Park, pine trees had began to grow along the side of the Lower Sabie River and had begun to displace the indigenous acacia trees. The Working for Water program hired off duty game guards and women from the local staff village. The project used a variety of manual labor techniques and used biocides to remove the pine trees from the edge of the river. At the end of the project, the stand of pine trees was completely removed and local flora was planted in its place. 

Working for Water

The Working for Water program is a governmental initiative that launched in the 1995 and has had the goal of eliminating the alien invasive plant species that threaten the native flora of South Africa. Working for water has aimed to reduce alien invasive plants from across South Africa. The program also has a secondary goal of employing people from disadvantaged background with a subtarget  of getting more women involved in the workforce since women have a higher rate of unemployment in South Africa.

Florida Keys Reef Relief

Reef Relief is a nonprofit organization based in Key West, Florida focused on protecting and raising advocacy for coral reef ecosystems. The organization works to educate the public and policy makers on the importance of coral reefs to the ocean's health as well as the overarching issue of climate change. Throughout the years, reef relief has been seen impacting local and national policy change with regards to protecting marine ecosystems.