On the 20th of September, The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) hosted its 4th Annual Biodiversity Science and Policy […]
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Mainstreaming biodiversity into land-use regulation and management at the municipal scale
29 June 2016 Municipalities have an increasingly significant role to play in biodiversity conservation as part of their mandate to […]
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Woodland expansion in South African grassy biomes based on satellite observations
By Skowno A, Thompson M, Hiestermann J, Ripley B, West A G, Bond W. Woody plant encroachment in South Africa’s […]
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Alien ecosystem engineer gaining ground at Cape estuary
By Dane McDonald A highly invasive ‘ecosystem engineer’ is gaining ground at Zandvlei Estuary in Cape Town, a study linked to […]
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Systematics of geophytic Othonna
By Luvo Magoswana Othonna L. (Asteraceae: Senecioneae: Othonninae) is a genus of some 120 species concentrated in the Greater Cape […]
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Rural Citizen Scientists Birding Project
By David Maphisa and Theresa Sethusa Citizen science projects consists of volunteer ordinary citizens of any country, play a critical […]
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Instant access to Africa’s Biodiversity Research: Biodiversity Heritage Library Africa
By Anne-Lise Fourie The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) was formed in 2006 as a consortium of ten natural history, botanical garden, […]
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International Citizen Science Day
By Ismail Ebrahim This year the South African Citizen Science network joined the international community by celebrating International Citizen Science […]
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Holistic capacity development through African Biodiversity Challenge
By Matthew Child The biodiversity informatics community has rightly spent a lot of resources on developing data management skills across […]
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Karoo BioGaps Project uncovers many new species in the Karoo
A consortium of over 20 institutions is undertaking the Karoo BioGaps Project, a three year project to fill biodiversity information […]
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Number of known SA brittle star species escalates by 20%
The number of brittle star species known from South Africa has escalated by 20%, after a recent SeaKeys taxonomic study. […]
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