The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) has successfully supported twelve community-based organisations to develop and implement projects aimed at […]
Continue readingSANBI Research Strategy 2030: Break-out rooms buzz at BS&PA symposium
South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) research was placed front and center as the organisation’s researchers came together at Biodiversity […]
Continue readingEnvironmental Management Component BLU Project achievements
The Environmental Management component of the SANBI Biodiversity and Land Use (BLU) was designed to diminish the barriers to effective […]
Continue readingBiodiversity stewardship component BLU Achievements
The past five and half years had been filled with so many successes under the Biodiversity stewardship component of the […]
Continue readingBlood parasites gnaw at African wild dog populations
As a young boy Dr Edward Netherlands was always interested in working with animals and could be found collecting all […]
Continue readingProtecting SA’s biodiversity assets and ecological infrastructure
Protecting South Africa’s biodiversity assets and ecological infrastructure: tracking change in the protected area estate Just over 9% of South […]
Continue readingCREW Programme presents iNaturalist training series
The Great Southern Bioblitz (GSB) is just 55 days away! We are excited to have 5 cities, 6 regions, 1 […]
Continue readingWild ones: Crop Wild Relatives key to SA food security
South African woman holds wild spinach (Source: Google […]
Continue readingRare pygmy chameleon rediscovered
Rare Chapman’s pygmy chameleon (Rhampholeon chapmanorum) long feared to have gone extinct, has been rediscovered in the rainforest in southern […]
Continue readingKirstenbosch reduced fee for SADC & African nationals from August 2021
Cape Town’s Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden is renowned as the most beautiful garden in Africa and the first botanic garden […]
Continue readingWinter Wonders at Kirstenbosch for school holidays
From 1 to 25 July 2021, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden is hosting its annual Winter Wonders Special. Children 17 years […]
Continue readingKirstenbosch Garden presents: Seeing the Invisible – an augmented reality art exhibition
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden presents: Seeing the Invisible – an augmented reality (AR) art exhibition. The exhibition opens as one […]
Continue readingAcademic success during COVID-19 lockdown
National Zoological Garden’s (NZG) ZooClub members, Sthobiso Mtshweni and Golden Mthimunye, from Ndzundza Mabhoko Secondary School in Mpumalanga, each got […]
Continue readingMinister Creecy launches latest assessment on South Africa’s biological invasions report
Science shows us that one of the key factors driving the accelerated decline of biodiversity is the invasion of alien […]
Continue readingBees are at the heart of biodiversity
Biodiversity is the living fabric of our planet. It underpins human wellbeing in the present and in the future, and […]
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