Champion Trees of South Africa (s Afr)

The Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry can declare certain tree species and individual trees or groups of trees, as protected under the National Forests Act 1998 (Act No. 84 OF 1998). Such protected trees may not be “…cut, disturbed or damaged and their products may not be possessed, sold or transported without a licence…” In the case of individual trees, the protection is absolute, with no potential for permission for removal except if life or property is threatened (eg by dying or leaning trees).

This project is about these trees.
For Big Trees as recognised by the Dendrological Society of South Africa (DSSA), or trees that you consider worthy please see and add them to:
Big Trees in South Africa
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/big-trees-in-south-africa

Credit image: Sunland Boabab (Tzaneen) by Shaun Swanepoel
logo: by permission: copyright-holder Wolfgang Schürmann: at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10987984 menos ↑