KNYSNA NEWS - Landowners in Knysna and Plettenberg Bay are concerned about the lack of communication by national government with regard to several applications for funding, following the Knysna fires.

The environmental working group, one of several Garden Route Rebuild Initiative (GGRRI) working groups, made several applications to national government for environmental rehabilitation.

Landowners and conservation bodies share the concern that the devastation left in the wake of the fires will trigger the unprecedented spread of invasive alien plants, and leave thousands of hectares of dead trees standing throughout the landscape.

Enquiries to authorities have gone unanswered, and local landowners are increasingly worried that, without intervention, they will have to take full responsibility for managing the effects of the fire as summer approaches in full swing.

Many landowners already expressed concerns that they will not be able to afford, and therefore cannot contain, the aggressive appearance of invasive alien plants and trees on their land.

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