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Holding it together: the Cape dune flora

Jun 17, 2022 | News

Featured image: a floristic survey of hummock dunes at Brandfontein near Cape Agulhas in the Western Cape. The waves broke with a thunderous, yet hollow thump that I felt in my chest. It left me feeling exhausted and energised at the same time. There are...

Hooked: former engineering student first to correctly identify economically important bait worm

Dec 15, 2021 | News

Hendré van Rensburg, like most people, did not grow up telling people that he wanted to study worms. Quite the contrary. His younger self was convinced that he was cut out for engineering; he would use science to create. Consequently, his school years were focused on...

Eastern Cape forests FBIP project in focus on Forests Day 2020

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...

FBIP celebrates World Wildlife Day 2020 with flagship projects

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...

SONA2020: We need to highlight the “links” to biodiversity

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....

Holding it together: the Cape dune flora

Hooked: former engineering student first to correctly identify economically important bait worm

Eastern Cape forests FBIP project in focus on Forests Day 2020

FBIP celebrates World Wildlife Day 2020 with flagship projects

SONA2020: We need to highlight the “links” to biodiversity

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