Aug 26, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Presenter: S. Deyzel – SAEON, Dept of Zoology CMR NMMU Pretoria – The contribution of plankton to biogeochemical cycling and conservation of energy within aquatic food webs is widely recognised, as is their usefulness for monitoring changing environmental...
Aug 26, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Presenter: A. Jacobs – ARC-Plant Health and Protection Pretoria – South Africa, as a mega-diverse country, has invested significant resources in documenting its above-ground flora and fauna. Riana Jacobs from Agricultural Research Council addresses the...
Aug 21, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Presenter: D. Raimondo – SANBI Pretoria – The Karoo is seen as an important development area for South Africa and there needs to be responsible decision-making around developments such as shale gas exploration, farming, mining, renewable energy...
Aug 21, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Presenters: L. Monda & A-L. Fourie – National Museum of Kenya & SANBI Pretoria – The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. Anne-Lise Fourie addresses...
Aug 21, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Presenter: K. Naicker – Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Pretoria – The overwhelming evidence of the IPBES Global Assessment, from a wide range of different fields of knowledge, presents a dire scenario: 1 million plant and animal...
