Nov 11, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Pretoria – The South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) in partnership with the Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme (FBIP) are hosting a R and QGIS data visualization workshop for postgraduate students. Course content: Basic...
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...
Jun 3, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Adapted from Stellenbosch University release – updated 27/03/2020 Stellenbosch – The uncontrolled harvesting of timber, bark and poles from indigenous forests in the Eastern Cape is having a negative impact on bird diversity, a new FBIP-funded study has...
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...
