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SANBI GIS intern Keneilwe Hlahane wins 2017 ESRI Young Scholar Award

16/03/201826/09/2018

Keneilwe Hlahane, a GIS intern with the SANBI National Biodiversity Assessment (NBA) team, has won the GIS Esri South Africa […]

Free State NBG hosts Annual Plant Sale, 23 Sept

16/03/201826/09/2018

The Botanical Society of South Africa (BotSoc) Free State National Botanic Garden branch will be hosting the Annual Plant Sale […]

KZN NBG commemorates 2017 Mandela Month

16/03/201826/09/2018

The South African National Biodiversity Institute’s (SANBI) units in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) followed on Tata Mandela’s words on making the world […]

Top Woman in Science Award sponsored by SANBI

16/03/201826/09/2018

South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) was the 2017 Standard Bank Top Women Awards category sponsor at the gala event […]

Taking biodiversity data to the next level

16/03/201826/09/2018

Few people would disagree that Darwin’s finches are some of the most iconic specimens held by a collections institution, at […]

SANBI invites comments on National Status Report on Biological Invasions draft

16/03/201826/09/2018

Dear Stakeholder, As you may be aware, the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), in collaboration with the DST-NRF Centre […]

Kwelera NBG hosts inaugural International Coastal Clean-up Day

16/03/201826/09/2018

The Kwelera National Botanical Garden is situated on the coast and is the first proclaimed national botanical garden in the […]

Lowveld NBG celebrates 2017 Arbor Day

16/03/201826/09/2018

The Lowveld National Botanical Garden celebrated Arbor Day on Thursday, 7 September 2017. It was celebrated with learners, teachers and […]

SANBI hosts inaugural National Biodiversity Stewardship Conference

16/03/201826/09/2018

National Biodiversity Stewardship Conference: Unlocking benefits through Biodiversity Stewardship The conservation, management and sustainable use of South Africa’s biodiversity depends […]

KwaZulu-Natal NBG receives gold and silver medals at Witness Garden Show

16/03/201826/09/2018

SANBI’s KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden (KZN NBG) took part in the annual Witness Garden Show in Pietermaritzburg this year. The […]

Bridging gaps: When frogs ‘bring rain’

15/03/201826/09/2018

In the same way as frogs bridge the gap between water and land with their amphibious lifestyle, an enigmatic figure […]

Former SANBI CEO Dr Abrahamse appointed as chair of GBIF

15/03/201826/09/2018

Former CEO of the South African National Biodiversity Institute, Dr Tanya Abrahamse, has been elected Chair of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Governing […]