Jan 2, 2020 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
What is the problem that needs to be solved? Look at some of the big issues facing South Africa and the world and think about the context of your project. Does it address any of these? Background: what do we know (literature) and what don’t we know – what are the...
Dec 19, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Pretoria – The Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme (FBIP) is offering a number of bursaries for postgraduate studies in the 2020 academic year. 6-12 Honours bursaries at R60,000 each (funding for one year) 6-12 Masters bursaries at R90,000 per year...
Dec 2, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – The Stellenbosch University Department of Genetics seeks a candidate to tackle an MSc project looking at olive lace bugs and olive flea beetles which cause injury to olive trees in South Africa. Olive lace bugs and olive flea beetles are phytophagous...
Nov 12, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Updated 24/03/2020 Cape Town – A recent molecular genetic study has revealed hidden cryptic species within a known forest gecko from the east coast of South Africa – the Pondo flat gecko. Stellenbosch University MSc student Theo Busschau’s findings suggest that the...
Nov 11, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Pretoria – The South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) in partnership with the Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme (FBIP) are hosting a R and QGIS data visualization workshop for postgraduate students. Course content: Basic...
