Livhuwani tells us about her tree (Video) Livhuwani Nelitshindwi planted her tree 6 years ago as part of the Baobab Guardians project. The project started in 2014 encouraged people in rural villages to plant and protect baobab seedlings from being browsed by domestic animals. When trees reach 3 meters high they are then safe from browsers and can continue to […] Continue Reading
We have 9 more trees to measure in the Baobab Guardians program around November this year and then we have accomplished more than our initial objectives for the Guardians that we started off with in 2014. Our focus onward, will be more on our exciting Baobab wilding programme. These last 9 trees are dotted around Dambale village in the Limpopo […] Continue Reading
We baobab guardians from the Baobab Foundation in South Africa, are all SO impressed with and in awe of this wise baobab hero from Burkina Faso – to be seen in the YouTube video-link done by Aljazeera, below. The visionary El Hadji Salifou Ouédraogo, has planted more than 3000 Baobabs in his life, with single minded focus, starting 47 years […] Continue Reading
December in the southern hemisphere, Limpopo and it is time to measure the Baobab guardians’ trees again. Did they grow fatter and higher and more handsome than before? Sarah and Prince headed out on the 14th December to measure up the Guardians’ baobab babies. It’s the beginning of the growing season, the trees had not put on a lot of […] Continue Reading