.Cape Town – A full public participation process will have to take place to determine whether tree felling at Tokai Forest will resume, the Western Cape High Court has ordered.
Judge Patrick Gamble’s ruling was the culmination of months of an emotionally charged court battle between community-based organisation Parkscape and SA National Parks (SanParks) and Mountain To Ocean (MTO).
Parkscape was against the felling and both sides in the court battle have been armed with compelling arguments regarding the future of the forest.
Parkscape has been lobbying for trees and shade in the area. It butted heads with SanParks and MTO after they started felling some of the pine trees last August.
