Partners & Useful Links

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SANBI partners and closely associated sites.

Botanical Society of South Africa. You cannot become a member of South African National Biodiversity Institute, but you can join our "friends" organization. Founded at the same time as Kirstenbosch in 1913, membership of the Botanical Society organization entitles you to free entry toSANBI Gardens, a seed allocation, discounts on the purchase of publications and a free copy of Veld & Flora. a quarterly colour publication devoted to South African plants.

The Global Invasive Species Programme aims to promote global co-operation in invasive species prevention and management. The GISP Secretariat is based at SANBI Kirstenbosch.

Protea Atlas Project. This is one of the research projects running at SANBI. It has its own website which provides extensive data on Proteaceae in southern Africa.

SABONET ( Southern African Botanical Diversity Network). Launched in 1996, this project ran under the auspices of SANBI, and was aimed at upgrading the level of botanical expertise in Southern Africa. The programme has ended but the website is available.

Urban Conservation A unit of SANBI based on projects and partnership that look at biodiversity conservation from a community development perspective. Its project portfolio includes poverty alleviation work via Working for Wetlands, horticultural skills transfer via the Overberg Useful Plants Project, and its flagship project Cape Flats Nature (Biodiversity for the People). See the unit’s website at www.capeflatsnature.org

C.A.P.E. (Cape Action for People and the Environment.) Its objective is to secure the conservation of the biodiversity of the Cape Floral Kingdom, and through this to deliver sustainable economic benefits to the people and the region. It relies on partners such as SANBI to attain this objective. Three of SANBI's eight botanical gardens, and one of its three research centres are situated within the Cape Flortistic Region. All contribute significantly to the suite of activities that underpin C.A.P.E. In terms of the Memorandum of Understanding entered into by the consenting parties for C.A.P.E., SANBI is the Project Management Agency for C.A.P.E. The CAPE Co-ordinating Unit housed at Kirstenbosch, and together with other biodiversity conservation groups, it constitutes a dynamic environment for research, planning and action directed at sustaining the Cape Floristic Kingdom for future generations.

SSC Species Survival Commission of the IUCN – The World Conservation Union. The Chair's Office of this body is based at Kirstenbosch.

www.sabsp.net This website had been developed under the Southern Africa Biodiversity Support Programme(SABSP). The SABSP is a programme which is implemented in 10 countries in the SADC region and is funded by the Global Environmental Facility. This website contains a document repository and a discussion forum.

SARCA. Southern African Reptile Conservation Assessment. This is a partnership programme between the Avian Demography Unit at UCT and SANBI.

Botanical Gardens

BGCI (Botanic Gardens Conservation International) is an international organization based at Kew.

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Botanical Gardens Worldwide

The addresses given below are just a sample of the many botanical gardens with web sites.

Environmental Sites

Dept of Environmental Affairs & Tourism SANBI is closely associated with the DEA &T.

 

National Research Foundation. A foundation which supports research in South Africa.

Plant Talk- web site. A magazine providing encouragement and support for plant conservation worldwide.

Scope - the web site for the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment.

State of the Environment South Africa. A site containing information on various aspects of the environment in South Africa.

IUCN The World Conservation Union site.

Sanparks. The South African National Parks website.

 

Visiting South Africa

South African Tourism- South Africa's Official Travel and Tourism Web site.

Official Cape Town And Western Cape travel site

Gauteng Tourism Authority - a site for visitors to Gauteng Province.

 

KwaZulu-Natal Tourism - visit the Kingdom of the Zulu.

 

South African Government Online - the official SA Government site. This site provides access to the laws of SA and links to all the government departments' websites.

 

Specially for visitors to the Cape