Mar 1, 2020 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – In February the President’s SONA speech was dominated by the SA economic crisis, leaving little room for addressing biodiversity, two weeks later the same happened in the Finance Minister’s Budget 2020 – only this time a ‘totem plant’ gave us...
Feb 26, 2020 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
ASIDE from mentioning the fact that South Africa has an exceptional wealth of plant and animal diversity, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s SONA did not reveal the importance of biodiversity to sustainable societies, economic development, job creation and food security....
Feb 24, 2020 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – The South African Earth Observation Network (SAEON) in partnership with the FBIP last week successfully hosted a two-day workshop with a focus on “Data Manipulation and Visualisation in R for Ecologists” at St. Ives Lodge and Venue in Lion Rivers in...
Feb 20, 2020 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – The Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme (FBIP) will be hosting a workshop to support academics in improving the quality of their research proposals for FBIP-NRF funding. The FBIP recently put out its Call for Research Proposals for 2020....
Feb 13, 2020 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Updated 11:00 – 13/02/2020 Applications for FBIP Concept Notes for Large Grants and FBIP Small Grants are now open. Researchers based at NRF recognised research institutions in South Africa are eligible to apply (Postdoctoral fellows and students are not...
Jan 20, 2020 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – The presence of several important bat species has been confirmed in the Mapungubwe National Park in the north of South Africa, with the use of acoustic detection. According to Prof Dan Parker from the School of Biology and Environmental Sciences at...
Jan 19, 2020 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – A team of researchers are set to explore the uncharted territories of life in the agricultural soil microbiome. The team received funding from the Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme (FBIP) to conduct the Large Scale Project. In an...
Jan 3, 2020 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
The intention of the FBIP is to generate, manage and disseminate appropriate foundational biodiversity information as the basis for research which can catalyse the bio-economy, and for decision-making which will promote human well-being. The FBIP’s overall...
Jan 3, 2020 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Data generated through the projects have to be made openly accessible to the broader community (an embargo period is allowed).A copy of the data needs to be submitted to the FBIP/SANBI to check quality and whether what has been submitted meets the stated target in the...
Jan 3, 2020 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Introduction by Lita Pauw Introduction The Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme (FBIP) herewith launches its semi-interactive online funding proposal writing workshop. The FBIP provides research grants to academics for the generation of knowledge related to...
