Mar 21, 2020 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – Recent reports have made a link between the Covid-19 viral outbreak and forest degradation – today the FBIP observes International Day of Forests 2020 by reflecting on its Eastern Cape Forests project. Despite the present pandemonium around the...
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 16, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Updated 22/03/2020 Cape Town – A new ‘pearl white’ freshwater crab species has been discovered in the ‘forgotten’ Eastern Cape forests of South Africa. Prof Savel Daniels, a molecular taxonomist at Stellenbosch University, says freshwater crabs are relatively well...