South Africa

Government and public organizations

Ministry responsible for forestry matters

Name: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF)
URL to homepage: http://www2.dwaf.gov.za/webapp/index.php?menu_id=3
Note: www.dwaf.gov.za/ Entered on 23/09/03 by L.M. As of June 2004: see link Linda Mossop-Rosseau, Chief Director: Forestry Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 15 June 2004
 

Forest administration structure – level of authority

Since December 2006, Forestry has been elevated to a status of a Branch within the DWAF (headed by a Deputy Director-General). This step was taken to ensure that the forestry programmes and projects of the Department are effectively coordinated and implemented, and that the necessary capacity is established to promote national priorities.

Number and qualification of staff in headquarters and in decentralized offices

Year: -

Staff

HQ

Decentralized

Total

% > 50 years old

% of female

Master degree and above

7

-

-

-

-

BSc degree – University level

16

-

-

-

-

Technical staff (school)

7

-

-

-

-

Forest guards

-

-

-

-

-


Forestry education institutions

Name: Environmentek
 
Name: University of Stellenbosch
Abbreviation: University of Stell
 

Graduated students at different levels of education

Year: 2006

Name of Institution

 Level of Education provided

Techn.

% F

BSc

% F

MSc

% F

PhD

% F

University of Stellenbosch

-

-

9

-

2

-

-

-

University of Venda

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

University of KwaZulu-Natal

-

-

3

-

-

-

-

-

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (Saasveld)

31 (ND)

-

23 (B. Tech)

-

-

-

-

-

Fort Cox College of Agriculture and Forestry

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-


Forestry research institution(s)/centre(s)

Name: University of Stellenbosch
Abbreviation: University of Stell
 

Staff of forestry research institution(s)/centre(s)

Sorry, No information is currently available.

Research programmes

Name of institutions/centres

Main research areas

Agricultural Research Council (ARC)

Biological control of weeds and invasive plants

CSIR

Tree improvement; Wood quality and water use

Hans Merensky Holdings

Tree Improvement

Institute for commercial Forestry Research (ICFR)

Tree Improvement; Silviculture and Forest Engineering

Institute for Natural Resources (INR)

Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP); Forest Economics; Social & Environmental Aspects of Forests

Komatiland Forests

Tree improvement and Forest Management and Wood Quality

Mondi Forests

Tree improvement; Forest Management; Fibre properties; Pulp and Paper

SA National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)

Forest Protection and Global Change

Sappi Pty (Ltd)

Tree improvement; Forest Management; Fibre properties; Pulp and Paper

University of Cape Town

Forest Ecology and Global Change

University of Western Cape

Land Reform

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (Saasveld)

Fire Ecology, Wood Science and Forest Engineering

Rhodes University

NTFPs, Participatory Forest Management (PFM) and Conservation Management

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Silviculture; Forest Management and Community Forestry

University of Pretoria (FABI)

Forest Biotechnology; Forest Pathology and Entomology; and Renewable Energy

University of Stellenbosch

Forest Science; Forest Engineering; Wood Science; Conservation and Renewable Energy

University of Witwatersrand

Nutrient Dynamics; Forest Ecology and Woodlands


Forestry extension and outreach services

Name: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF)
URL to homepage: http://www2.dwaf.gov.za/webapp/index.php?menu_id=3
Note: www.dwaf.gov.za/ Entered on 23/09/03 by L.M. As of June 2004: see link Linda Mossop-Rosseau, Chief Director: Forestry Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 15 June 2004
 
Name: Forestry South Africa
Note: Representation of the interests of timber growers
 
Name: Mondi Forests
Note: Emerging Grower Support
 
Name: NCT Cooperative
Note: Forestry Advisory Services
 
Name: Sappi Forests Ltd.
Note: Emerging Grower Support
 

Other public institutions related to forestry

Name: SA Forestry Company Ltd
Abbreviation: SAFCOL
Note: Government forestry company responsible for management of most of the remaining State plantations
 
Name: SA National Biodiversity Institute
Abbreviation: SANBI
Note: Statutory body established in terms of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 to, amongst other things, monitor and report on the status of biological diversity in the country, conservation status of all listed threatened or protected species and listed ecosystems.
 
Name: Working for Water
Abbreviation: WfW
Note: Control of invasive alien plants
 
Name: Working on Fire Programme
Note: Integrated Fire Management
 
last updated: Friday 30 November 2007