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News24 | R2bn spekboom bond: World Bank and Amazon team up to restore overgrazed Eastern Cape

News24 24 Apr 2026
The World Bank has teamed up with Amazon.com on a bond whose proceeds will go toward rehabilitating ecosystems in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province ... .
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Spekboom restoration at centre of $120m World Bank climate bond

Mail Guardian South Africa 24 Apr 2026
Spekboom, a hardy, unassuming succulent shrub, has become one of the country’s most quietly powerful climate allies ... As spekboom grows, it generates carbon removal units that can be sold on voluntary markets.
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Restoring Land, Building Livelihoods: Supporting Spekboom Restoration in South Africa (World Bank Group)

Public Technologies 23 Apr 2026
Spekboom Restoration. Spekboom restoration offers more than environmental benefits ... For people and communities in the Eastern Cape, restored spekboom habitat means restored land and a pathway toward more resilient local economies.
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World Bank Prices 14-Year Spekboom Restoration Outcome Bond in South Africa (World Bank Group)

Public Technologies 23 Apr 2026
Spekboom, a succulent plant native to South Africa, is prized for its drought resilience and high carbon sequestration ... "Mackenzie Investments is proud to partner with the World Bank on the Spekboom Restoration Outcome Bond.
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USA Today readers rank San Antonio Zoo the nation’s seventh-best

San Antonio Current 21 Mar 2026
" data-image-caption=". The recently renovated entrance of the San Antonio Zoo ... ....
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UN recognition is latest boost to restoring spekboom across South Africa’s semidesert Karoo

Mongabay 17 Feb 2026
Spekboom is everywhere, it’s all anyone talks about … what used to be an Angora goat farming town is now a spekboom town,” says field ecologist Rae Attridge ... In 2009, researchers had planted spekboom ...
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