Great work, you all deserve serious recognition. Up here on the NSW Central Coast it seems invasive species are welcome, as local councils seems indifferent to lantana, camphor laurel blackberry and more. They sit on their hands and allow the shire to become riddled with malignant species. Very sad.
Karamu grows like crazy here in its native NZ and has a high recruitment rate. Birds love the berries. Im constantly removing seedlings in my garden. It cant compete with mature nz forest though. I guess eucalypts in OZ let through enough light for it to carry on and survive.
At first I was horrified, but by the end of this segment, seeing the methods used and the dedication of those involved, I know they're going to get on top of it 👍
thank you for the information you provide .. makes me more interested in the world of plants ... this is science,, and science of cultivation is a priceless treasure, thank you for the explanation, success always
It should be noted that what is considered ‘natural’ here is in the eye of the beholder. Nature does not care what species exist within an ecosystem, and there is no ideal state as we might imagine. Karamu is just as “natural” as any other species of plant or animal, and though it is alien to this ecosystem, it has now arrived and found a niche to fill, pioneering a new type of forest, more rampant and productive. Given time it’s rampancy would no doubt favour new assemblies of species, and disfavour others, just perhaps not the ones we would like to see there. We so fear leaving nature to her own devices that we feel we must preserve her in an artificial state.
If that’s the view you wish to hold onto in your neck of the woods I say good luck to your local woods. However it smacks of ignorance towards the unique and fragile nature of the Australian bush, the length of time it has adapted and formed separate ecosystems throughout in isolation of other land masses and how unnaturally fast it is for humans to accidentally or deliberately introduce any flora or fauna to such an ecosystem. There is no time for endemic species to adapt to that and the sensible choice is not to let dozens or hundreds or - more likely - thousands of species to suffer at the hands of one.
@@pieceofpecanpie I’m not against managing forests, just the view that in doing so we are somehow maintaining the natural order. This is not a unique position that I hold, there are a growing number of people who are identifying that many species labelled ‘invasive’ are actually performing reparative functions in an ecosystem and symptoms of larger instability or degradation. The New Wild by Fred Pearce documents a lot of examples.
@@primopermaculture5491 Ah I was wondering if you subscribed to Fred Pearce. The only thing I appreciate of his book is that it challenges the traditional notion of conservation and tries to provide food-for-thought on benefits of invasive species. Sadly it’s “science” is laughable so it flies in the face of ecological studies without much substance to support it. It remains a novelty as far as I’m concerned. However I feel it’s only fair to point out that I’m a bush regenerator and spend most of my time following the current knowledge on nature conservation. Fred Pearce hasn’t done much for me in that regard.
Great work, you all deserve serious recognition. Up here on the NSW Central Coast it seems invasive species are welcome, as local councils seems indifferent to lantana, camphor laurel blackberry and more. They sit on their hands and allow the shire to become riddled with malignant species. Very sad.
Karamu grows like crazy here in its native NZ and has a high recruitment rate. Birds love the berries. Im constantly removing seedlings in my garden. It cant compete with mature nz forest though. I guess eucalypts in OZ let through enough light for it to carry on and survive.
At first I was horrified, but by the end of this segment, seeing the methods used and the dedication of those involved, I know they're going to get on top of it 👍
Thanks for watching Isobel. It will be a lot of hard work from these brilliant volunteers but the future is hopeful!
thank you for the information you provide .. makes me more interested in the world of plants ... this is science,, and science of cultivation is a priceless treasure, thank you for the explanation, success always
Trade you our karamu plants for your wallabies? From new zealand
Thanks for sharing this!
Thanks for watching!
Nako PO nakalbo na ang puno ! WATCHING FROM PHILIPPINES!!! 🌴🌴🌴
It’s everywhere here so annoying! Constantly pulling it up in my garden.
Funny enough, we have a few Aussie plants that are considered weeds but am surprised one of our plants managed to take flight over to Australia.....
Good on yous 👍
Oh no!!
What's the liquid she used to kill karamu?
Not seen any of them in my area.
If interesting alkaloids could be extracted from Karamu to build designer drugs; end of problem.
Very Australian problem 😂
It should be noted that what is considered ‘natural’ here is in the eye of the beholder. Nature does not care what species exist within an ecosystem, and there is no ideal state as we might imagine. Karamu is just as “natural” as any other species of plant or animal, and though it is alien to this ecosystem, it has now arrived and found a niche to fill, pioneering a new type of forest, more rampant and productive. Given time it’s rampancy would no doubt favour new assemblies of species, and disfavour others, just perhaps not the ones we would like to see there. We so fear leaving nature to her own devices that we feel we must preserve her in an artificial state.
If that’s the view you wish to hold onto in your neck of the woods I say good luck to your local woods. However it smacks of ignorance towards the unique and fragile nature of the Australian bush, the length of time it has adapted and formed separate ecosystems throughout in isolation of other land masses and how unnaturally fast it is for humans to accidentally or deliberately introduce any flora or fauna to such an ecosystem. There is no time for endemic species to adapt to that and the sensible choice is not to let dozens or hundreds or - more likely - thousands of species to suffer at the hands of one.
@@pieceofpecanpie I’m not against managing forests, just the view that in doing so we are somehow maintaining the natural order. This is not a unique position that I hold, there are a growing number of people who are identifying that many species labelled ‘invasive’ are actually performing reparative functions in an ecosystem and symptoms of larger instability or degradation. The New Wild by Fred Pearce documents a lot of examples.
@@primopermaculture5491 Ah I was wondering if you subscribed to Fred Pearce. The only thing I appreciate of his book is that it challenges the traditional notion of conservation and tries to provide food-for-thought on benefits of invasive species. Sadly it’s “science” is laughable so it flies in the face of ecological studies without much substance to support it. It remains a novelty as far as I’m concerned. However I feel it’s only fair to point out that I’m a bush regenerator and spend most of my time following the current knowledge on nature conservation. Fred Pearce hasn’t done much for me in that regard.
This will lead to extinctions.
Oh rot off mate! Ridiculous undereducated view of environmental issues. People like you should be fined!