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...
Mar 3, 2020 | BioGaps, News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – Today the FBIP celebrates World Wildlife Day 2020 with the global community, as we continue to work towards building a solid foundational biodiversity knowledge base in South Africa. This year World Wildlife Day is being celebrated under the theme...
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...
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...
