Oct 10, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – A recent FBIP-funded workshop will go down as the first dedicated workshop on marine parasite diversity and its use in applied fisheries research in Africa. The workshop focused on the current state of knowledge of marine parasite biodiversity in...
Sep 17, 2019 | BioGaps, News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – A recent study has shown that mammal data alone is not a good indicator for making decisions about where fracking could be carried out without impacting on biodiversity, yet the data should form a key part of the baseline data from the larger Karoo BioGaps...
Jun 21, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – A study, using genetic analysis, on the invasive Asian green mussel in South Africa has turned earlier reports on their head with an unexpected discovery. Biological invasions pose a significant threat to South Africa’s ecosystems and the services such as...
Jun 3, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Pretoria – Postgraduate students are herewith invited to apply to attend a training workshop on marine parasite diversity in southern Africa and its application in fisheries management. The workshop will be offered by the University of Cape Town on 26 & 27...
Apr 30, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – DNA sequencing techniques have placed the spotlight on two ‘introduced’ seaweed species previously not known in South Africa, one of them being the ‘Devil’s tongue weed’. Like any responsible scientific researcher Prof John Bolton from the University...
