FBIP Proposal Writing Workshop 2021

FBIP Proposal Writing Workshop 2021

Feb 23, 2021 | Announcements, Events, News, Opportunities

The Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme (FBIP) is offering a Proposal Writing Workshop aimed at academics who are planning to submit a research proposal in response to the annual NRF/FBIP Call for Small Grants and/or Large Grants (Concept Notes and Full...
Thesium: How do you eat an elephant?

Thesium: How do you eat an elephant?

Feb 1, 2021 | News

Cape Town – It is said that a big task is like an elephant. And the only way to finish it is to eat it piece by piece. A group of South African botanical taxonomists are slowly and systematically revising a plant group that was last looked at nearly 100 years ago –...
Stable Eastern Cape forests shielded bats from icy extermination

Stable Eastern Cape forests shielded bats from icy extermination

Sep 23, 2020 | News

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)...