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Notice to declare bankrupt bush as indicator of bush encroachment

Jun 13, 2019Jun 13, 2019

In the first quarter of 2019, the Minister of Agriculture, Senzeni Zokwana communicated the ministry’s intention to declare bankrupt bush […]

GEF 5 projects host joint site visit

Jun 13, 2019

Mpumalanga was the place to be this May as Project Steering Committee representatives of two Global Environment Facility (GEF) 5 […]

Update on NZG employees industrial action

Jun 12, 2019Jun 12, 2019

South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) employees affiliated to the National Trade Union Congress (NTUC), at the National Zoological Garden […]

SANBI co-hosts 2019 NSCF Forum

Jun 7, 2019Jun 11, 2019

Inclusivity and re-imaging natural science collections at the 2019 NSCF Forum This year’s Natural Science Collections Facility (NSCF) Forum was […]

Effort to accelerate direct access to climate finance

Jun 6, 2019Jun 6, 2019

Adaptation Fund, Green Climate Fund convene first community of practice meeting of direct access entities to climate finance In an […]

CREW CFR Workshop 2019

Jun 4, 2019Jun 4, 2019

Janine Steytler and Ismail Ebrahim The Custodians of Rare and Endangered Wildflowers (CREW) Annual Workshop was held on 17 – […]

Kirstenbosch welcomes new Curator

Jun 3, 2019

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden welcomes Werner Voigt as the new Curator The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) is pleased […]

South African case study on climate change and biodiversity planning

Jun 3, 2019Jun 3, 2019

The Biodiversity and Land Use (BLU) project presented a case study titled “Integrating Climate Change Resilience into Spatial Development Tools […]

Rare peatlands confirmed in the upper Klaserie and Sand catchments

Jun 3, 2019

As we celebrated World Wetlands Day on 2 February 2019 under the theme, ‘Wetlands and Climate Change’, the Kruger to Canyons […]

Fire Starters: Patch Mosaic Burning in the Grassland Biome

Jun 3, 2019Jun 3, 2019

The Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Region (K2C) in partnership with Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA), SAFCOL/Komatiland Forests and the […]

CapeNature hosts Biodiversity Specialists information sharing session

Jun 3, 2019Jun 3, 2019

CapeNature’s Land Use Advice and Conservation Planning unit hosted an information sharing session for Biodiversity Specialists of the Western Cape. […]

Launch of Local Government: Biodiversity Learning Network

Jun 3, 2019

The South African Local Government Association (SALGA), with support from the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), launched the Local […]