100 000 hectares of spekboom to be planted to restore Cape ‘desert’

Spekboom, or Portulacaria afra, is a small-leaved succulent plant native to South Africa. It is earning a reputation for being a superior ‘carbon sponge‘, removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. In fact, according to The Spekboom Foundation, a spekboom thicket is 10 times more effective per hectare (ha) at carbon fixing than any tropical rainforest. … Read more