The Biodiversity Series comprises occasional reports on projects, technologies, workshops, symposia and other activities initiated by or executed in partnership with SANBI.

The SANBI Biodiversity Series is available electronically, to be downloaded as .pdf files. Copies can also be purchased from the SANBI Bookshop in Pretoria.

No 1: A South African Response to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
(7.57 MB pdf) 2006. C.K. Willis. ISBN 1-919976-28-0

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
(12.4 MB) 2006. A. Ashwell, T. Sandwith, M. Barnett, A. Parker & F. Wisani. ISBN 1-919976-29-9.

No 5: A plan for phylogenetic studies of southern African reptiles: proceedings of a workshop held at Kirstenbosch, February 2006
(1.42 MB pdf) 2007. C.F. Musil & I.A.W. Macdonald. ISBN 978-1-919976-35-8.

No 6: Invasive alien flora and fauna in South Africa: expertise and bibliography
(1.42 MB pdf) 2007. C.F. Musil & I.A.W. Macdonald. ISBN 978-1-919976-35-8.

No 7: C.A.P.E. project planning handbook for biodiversity conservation
(1.82 MB pdf) 2007. Cape Action for People and the Environment. ISBN 978-1-919976-37-2.

No 8: Bird Checklist
(2.24 MB pdf) 2008. C.K. Willis, O.E. Curtis & M.D. Anderson. ISBN 978-1-919976-41-9

No 9: Guidelines for offshore protected areas in South Africa
(607 KB pdf) 2008. K. Sink & Attwood, C. ISBN 978-1-919976-43-3

No. 10: User profiles for the South African offshore environment
(1.67 MB pdf) 2008. L. Atkinson & K. Sink. ISBN 978-1-919976-46-4

No 11: Monitoring and evaluation: tools for biodiversity conservation and development Projects
(1.50MB pdf) 2008. Compiled by Cape Action for People and the Environment. ISBN 978-1-919976-47-1

No. 12: Amphibians of the Taita Hills (English version) No. 12: Amfibia wa milima ya Taita (Swahili version)
(8.86 MB pdf) 2009. G.J. Measey, P.K. Malonza & V. Muchai. ISBN 978-1-919976-49-5

No 13: South African Red Data Book: butterflies
(2.32MB pdf) 2009. G.A. Henning, R.F. Terblanche & J.B. Ball (Editors) ISBN 978-1-919976-51-8

No 14: National Protected Area Expansion Strategy for 2008
(2.68 MB pdf) 2010. Government of South Africa. ISBN 978-1-919976-55-6

No 15: The introduced terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa
(5.48 MB pdf) 2010. D.G. Herbert. ISBN: 978-1-919976-56-3.

No. 16: Butterflies of South Africa’s National Botanical Gardens
(12.58 MB pdf) 2010. C. K. Willis & S.E. Woodhall. ISBN 978-1-919976-57-0.

No. 17: Environmental and Resource Economics Conference Synthesis Report – Environment & Economy
(3.4 MB pdf) 2010. A. Nahman. ISBN: 978-1-919976-62-4.

No. 18: Pollen wasps and flowers in southern Africa
(8.58 MB pdf) 2010. S.K. Gess & F.W. Gess. ISBN 978-1-919976-60-0

No. 19: Ensuring a future for South Africa’s frogs: a strategy for conservation research
(4.44 MB pdf) 2011. G.J. Measey. ISBN: 978-1-919976-63-1

No. 20: Fundraising and Marketing: tools for biodiversity conservation and development projects
(1.81 MB pdf) 2011. Compiled by Cape Action for People and the Environment. ISBN 978-1-919976-67-9

No. 21: Water Dancers of SA’s National Botanical Garden
(3.67 MB pdf) 2011. C.K. Willis, M. Samways (comp.) ISBN 978-1-919976-68-6

No. 22: Wetlands Classification
(9.33 MB pdf) 2013. D. Ollis, K. Snaddon, N. Job, N. Mbona. ISBN 978-1-919976-75-4

No. 23: A Biosystematics Research Strategy for South Africa 2013- 2018
(3.13 MB pdf) 2013. J.E. Victor, M. Hamer, G.F. Smith. ISBN 978-1-919976-90-7

No. 24: Wasps and bees in South Africa
(10.7 MB pdf) 2014. S.K. Gess, F.W. Gess Friedrich. ISBN 978-1-919976-73-0

No. 25: SANBI Herbaria: a decade of foundational botanical excellence and collections management (2004-2014)
(7.59 MB pdf) 2015. M.S. Mothogoane, R.R. Klopper, C.N. Cupido, E. Josias, M.A. Mothapo, A.M. Ngwenya, N. Phaliso, J.A. Ready, M.S. Serumula, Y. Singh, & E. van Wyk ISBN 978-1-928224-01-3

No. 26: Strategy for plant taxonomic research in South Africa 2015-2020

(2.84 MB pdf) 2015. J. Victor, G.F. Smith, A.E. Van Wyk. ISBN: 978-1-928224-09-9

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