The Endangered Wildlife Trust’s Drylands Conservation Programme (EWT-DCP) recently embarked on a five-year project in partnership with the United National […]
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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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New partnership project for water security launched
By Kennedy Nemutamvuni South Africa’s water security depends not only on our built water infrastructure, but also on well managed […]
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Adaptation Fund Project Celebratory Event
On the 18th of June 2018, The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), will present certificates of appreciation to its […]
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Custodians of Rare and Endangered Wildflowers citizen science programme summer-rainfall workshop
The Custodians of Rare and Endangered Wildflowers (CREW) summer-rainfall node hosted its annual workshop in April at Empangeni, KZN north […]
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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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Launch of the Ecological Infrastructure for Water Security Project, 31 May
The Minister of Environmental Affairs Dr Edna Molewa and the Minister of Water and Sanitation Gugile Nkwinti will be at […]
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National Indaba on Ecological Infrastructure for Water Security
The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), in collaboration with its various partners, is hosting a three-day National Indaba on […]
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