Sep 17, 2019 | BioGaps, News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – A recent study has shown that mammal data alone is not a good indicator for making decisions about where fracking could be carried out without impacting on biodiversity, yet the data should form a key part of the baseline data from the larger Karoo BioGaps...
Sep 16, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Pretoria – The two-day workshop aimed to familiarise participants with the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD) – the only informatics platform dedicated to DNA barcoding. The workshop was structured into two main sessions: lectures in the mornings and...
Sep 3, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Pretoria – The Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) is pleased to announce a 3-day workshop supported through the Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme (FBIP). We aim to introduce participants to the fundamentals of biodiversity data management and...
Aug 28, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Presenter: S. Veldsman – Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) Pretoria – Concurrent advances towards the 4th Industrial Revolution such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT) and robotics are expected to enable tremendous...
Aug 26, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Presenter: S. Deyzel – SAEON, Dept of Zoology CMR NMMU Pretoria – The contribution of plankton to biogeochemical cycling and conservation of energy within aquatic food webs is widely recognised, as is their usefulness for monitoring changing environmental...
Aug 26, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Presenter: A. Jacobs – ARC-Plant Health and Protection Pretoria – South Africa, as a mega-diverse country, has invested significant resources in documenting its above-ground flora and fauna. Riana Jacobs from Agricultural Research Council addresses the...
