New Zealand National Wilding Conifer Control Programme
New Zealand
National programme paying contractors to eliminate invasive wilding conifers from ~180,000 ha/year; wilding conifers remove up to 40% of catchment …
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Trabajando por el Agua (Sudáfrica)
South Africa · Cape Town · See the South Africa profile
Desde 1995, Sudáfrica paga a los desempleados para eliminar plantas invasoras invasivas consumidoras de agua — más de 2,5M hectáreas limpiadas y 300.000+ personas empleadas — restaurando el rendimiento hídrico, reduciendo el combustible de incendios y creando empleos.
2.5M+ ha
Superficie despejada de plantas exóticas invasoras (since 1995)
300,000+
Personas empleadas
Details
- Maturity
- Established
- Promoter
- Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE)
- Keywords
- Fynbos and multiple biomes, Public works PES (invasive removal)
Context
Desde 1995, el programa Working for Water de Sudáfrica paga a trabajadores desempleados para eliminar plantas exóticas invasoras que consumen agua, restaurando el rendimiento hídrico, reduciendo la carga de combustible de incendios y creando empleo.
Results
El programa ha eliminado más de 2,5 millones de hectáreas de plantas exóticas invasoras y empleado a más de 300.000 personas.
Implementation
Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.
Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- C-NAPSE evaluation — accessed 2026-06-19
- DFFE — Working for Water — accessed 2026-06-19
- WRI — South Africa invasive plants — accessed 2026-06-19
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