Oct 26, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – Two recent papers resulting from the Eastern Cape Forest Fauna Project have uncovered ‘hidden’ invertebrate species, highlighting higher levels of diversity in the region than originally thought. The project, which is one of the Large Integrated Projects...
Oct 16, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – Biodiversity research is ‘foundational’ to the South Africa Earth Observation Network’s (SAEON) primary focus, according to SAEON Fynbos Node scientist Dr Jasper Slingsby. Slingsby together with Dr Lara Atkinson presented...
Oct 11, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – Local governments are becoming a central part of responding to the global biodiversity crisis in the 21st century ‘planet of cities’, according to Durban ecologist Natasha Govender. Govender presented her work, titled “Information...
Oct 5, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Groen Sebenza is aimed at developing priority skills in the biodiversity sector to create sustainable job opportunities for unemployed graduates for a period of two years. Groen (in Afrikaans meaning green) Sebenza (meaning work in isiZulu) brings young South Africans...