APPLY: FBIP-NRF Research Grant funding
Applications for FBIP Concept Notes for Large Grants and FBIP Small Grants are now open. The primary focus of the FBIP is to generate, mobilize, co-ordinate and make foundational biodiversity knowledge accessible in line with the needs of society, the Department of...
Stable Eastern Cape forests shielded bats from icy extermination
Forest bats were spared from an icy extermination during the Last Glacial Maximum, holding lessons for present threats and conservation management. The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) is a notorious period in the recent history of the earth (about 25 000 years ago)...
Genetic study reinforces need for better bloodworm management in South Africa
Key points: Allowable limit for bloodworm collection unchanged since the 1970sBloodworm populations not as vulnerable as previously predictedChance of population extinctions remain, management to be maintained Cape Town – The legal number of bloodworm that can be...