The following are some of the documents which may be downloaded from this website. Most are in .pdf format.

General

• Interim Red Data Lists of South Africa Plant Species
• National Bioregional Programmes Forum July 2005 Outcomes
• National Review of Land Degradation in South Africa
• National Spatial Biodiversity Assessment
• SA Country Studies Reports
  

Resources

• Contacts for Biodiversity Collecting Permits in South Africa and neighbouring countries (pdf)
• Government Gazette Vol 512: No 30739 : 8 Feb 2008 : Commencement of Bio-prospecting, access and benefit sharing regulations (pdf)

Newsletters

Umthombo : Newsletter of the Eastern Cape Bioregional Programme Coordination Unit

• Issue 1 Jan/Feb 2006 (640KB)
• Issue 2 Mar/Apr 2006 (556KB)

Custodians of Rare and Endangered Wildflowers (CREW) Newsletters

CREW Newsletter 1: Nov 2005
CREW Newsletter 2: Nov 2006
CREW Bredasdorp News (Nov 2006)
CREW Newsletter 3: March 2007
CREW Newsletter 4: December 2007

SANBI Biodiversity Series

A series of occasional reports on projects, technologies, workshops, symposia and other activities initiated by or executed in partnership with SANBI.

• No 1: A South African Response to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
  
• No 2: The Convention on Biological Diversity: biodiversity, access and benefit-sharing. A resource for teachers ( 1.39 MB pdf ) (Grades 10–12). 2006. A. Solomon & P. le Grange. ISBN 1-919976-30-2.
  
• No 3: The Convention on Biological Diversity: biodiversity, access and benefit-sharing. A resource for learners (1.23 MB pdf) (Grades 10–12). 2006. A. Solomon & P. le Grange. ISBN 1-919976-31-0.
  
• No 4: Fynbos Fynmense: people making biodiversity work. 2006. A. Ashwell, T. Sandwith, M. Barnett, A. Parker & F. Wisani. ISBN 1-919976-29-9.( pdf coming soon)
  
• No 5: A plan for phylogenetic studies of southern African reptiles: proceedings of a workshop held at Kirstenbosch, February 2006. 2006. W.R. Branch, K.A. Tolley, M. Cunningham, A.M. Bauer, G. Alexander, J.A. Harrison, A.A. Turner & M.F. Bates. ISBN 1-919976-33-7. ( pdf coming soon)
  
• No 6: Invasive alien flora and fauna in South Africa : expertise and bibliography. 2007. C.F. Musil & I.A.W. Macdonald. ISBN 978-1-919976-35-8. ( In preparation)
  
• No 7: C.A.P.E. project planning handbook for biodiversity conservation. 2007. Cape Action for People and the Environment. ISBN 978-1-919976-37-2. ( In preparation )

Other SANBI Publications

• Havens of Biodiversity - Booklet published with Botanical Society on Biodiversity in the National Botanical Gardens

 

Print copies and CDs of some of the issues in the Biodiversity Series may be bought from the SANBI bookshop. Please email bookshop@sanbi.org for details.

 

Contact webmaster@sanbi.org if you have problems downloading documents from the SANBI website.