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I also grew up in Johannesburg, and really miss those trees. When you drive a little bit out of the city you see a completely different landscape. However I'm
by lordgrenville 2y ago
I also grew up in Johannesburg, and really miss those trees. When you drive a little bit out of the city you see a completely different landscape.
However I'm sceptical about the author's claim that there's no downside. I would assume that most of the trees are not native, and in any case definitely don't grow natively at that density. Feels like there's no free lunch in ecology: is mass tree-planting an exception?
- HermanMartinus 2y agoAuthor here :) You're correct that very few of them are native. That being said, when comparing to a city with no trees vs a city with non-native trees, I think the latter is still superior.