About five million hectares of land have burned, with at least 17 people dead and more than 1,300 homes destroyed. Source: Internet
About 50 000 hectares have been affected. Source: Internet
According to the Durban Metropolitan Open Space System (D’MOSS), about 95,000 hectares, or nearly a third of the city’s area, has biodiversity importance but only 9.4% is formally conserved — 3% of the total. Source: Internet
According to the 1990 census, "85% of agricultural holdings were under 10 hectares and 57% of these were fragmented into four or more non-contiguous plots." Source: Internet
A group of homeowners on Vaseux Lake is “appalled” by a proposal to exclude 1.2 hectares from the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) for a 35-unit campground development. Source: Internet
A Government report describes this area as having a vibrant coral reef community “with luxuriant coral growth of approximately 4 hectares and the only location where convoluted Montipora aequituberculata has been recorded. Source: Internet