Spekboom restoration at centre of $120m World Bank climate bond
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Climate finance is often discussed in abstractions such as bonds, instruments and capital flows. But in the Eastern Cape, the story starts with a plant.
Spekboom, a hardy, unassuming succulent shrub, has become one of the country’s most quietly powerful climate allies.
Native to the Albany thicket biome, it can lock away remarkable amounts of carbon, while stabilising soil, retaining water and creating the conditions for entire ecosystems to recover. Where it returns, degraded thicke
Spekboom, a hardy, unassuming succulent shrub, has become one of the country’s most quietly powerful climate allies.
Native to the Albany thicket biome, it can lock away remarkable amounts of carbon, while stabilising soil, retaining water and creating the conditions for entire ecosystems to recover. Where it returns, degraded thicke
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