South Africa: Plans Are Underway to Establish a Single Water Resource Agency

Lessons from South Africa on Monitoring the Impact of Invasive Trees on Water Resources

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) estimates that the minimum economic cost of biological invasions globally from 1970 to 2017 is USD 1.2 trillion. Credit: Jorge Luis Baños/IPSBy Richard BuganCAPE TOWN, South Africa, Jul 4 2025 (IPS) Concerns about the impacts of invasive species is not new; it dates to the 19th century. The term was popularized in Charles Elton’s 1958 book “The Ecology of Invasions by Animals and Plants”.…

South Africa: Plans Are Underway to Establish a Single Water Resource Agency

Press Release - The Department of Water and Sanitation is making headway in establishing the National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency (NWRIA), which it aims to establish by April 2026. The Department of Water and Sanitation briefed Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation on progress in establishing the agency.