Aug 21, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Presenter: U. Rust – Department of Science and Innovation Pretoria – The recent update of SA’s science, technology and innovation (STI) policy, more than 20 years after the 1996 White Paper on Science and Technology, was prompted by rapid...
Aug 20, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Pretoria – The FBIP postgraduate student forum has been shifted to the forefront of the main Joint Biodiversity Information Management & Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme Forum with many lessons being learnt. SANBI Chief Director for...
Jul 29, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Updated 23/03/2020 Cape Town – A ‘fine-scale’ study on velvet worms has raised the flag for better protection of South Africa’s threatened forest habitats. According to Prof Savel Daniels and honours student Aaron Barnes from the University of Stellenbosch, South...
Jul 25, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – An FBIP-funded postgraduate student, Fortunate Phaka, has been named among News24’s 100 Young Mandelas under the category, ‘vision’. According to the feature article published on News24 Phaka, 32, is an environmental scientist and...
Jul 19, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – Several Snapshot Safari South Africa team members are jetting off to Malaysia to share progress on the huge camera trap project at the International Congress for Conservation Biology. The congress is held by the Society for Conservation Biology,...
Jul 5, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Pretoria – The FBIP has announced its keynote speakers for the Joint Biodiversity Information Management & Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme Forum 2019 taking place from 20-22 August at the Roodevalley Faircity Hotel, Pretoria. SCROLL DOWN FOR...
Jun 25, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
The FBIP invites post-graduate students working on foundational biodiversity information-related projects to take part in the joint BIMF-FBIP Forum (download announcement PDF). There is a limited amount of funding available to support students to participate in the...
Jun 21, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – A study, using genetic analysis, on the invasive Asian green mussel in South Africa has turned earlier reports on their head with an unexpected discovery. Biological invasions pose a significant threat to South Africa’s ecosystems and the services such as...
Jun 5, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Pretoria – You are cordially invited to the joint BIMF-FBIP Forum which provides an opportunity for the foundational biodiversity information research and data community in South Africa to share information, discuss our practice and explore ways of improving the...
Jun 3, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Pretoria – SAEON in partnership with the Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme (FBIP) will be offering a workshop for MSc and PhD students. Topics to be covered includes basic introduction to R as an analytical tool, R in taxonomy, statistical...
