Arid Zone Issues

SANBI'S new Biodiversity Advisor website

SANBI's Biodiversity Advisor website was launched earlier this year and can be located at the following URL: http://biodiversityadvisor.sanbi.org.

From the 'About' page:

What is SANBI's Biodiversity Advisor?

The Biodiversity Advisor provides a single point of entry for any biodiversity question.

SANBI’s Biodiversity Advisor makes it easy to navigate to the right information and tools among the range of resources provided by SANBI.

Users come to SANBI for assistance with a range of biodiversity-related activities, from environmental impact assessments to species identification and taxonomy. The Biodiversity Advisor shows you the right place to start, and guides you through the process.

Have a look around to see what’s on offer.

Descriptions of each section of this website
List of SANBI's online information resources
Let us know what you think!

Descriptions of each section of this website
List of SANBI's online information resources
Let us know what you think!

Vote on the Acacia name change

There is now a new and informative website [http://www.acaciavote.com] for voting on the Acacia retypification controversy. Please note that the website supersedes the original voting proforma.

Those who have voted previously using the proforma have had their details (including email address) recorded on the website already. If they vote again to check that their previous vote has been registered, they will find their second vote disallowed.

Please spread the word to other interested people who may want to vote on this issue.

AZEF Secretariat: email address update

Please note that Tessa's email address has changed...

Tessa Oliver
BIOTA Liaison Officer
South African National Biodiversity Institute
Private Bag X7, Claremont, 7735
SOUTH AFRICA

Tel: +27 21 799 8839
Email: T.Oliver@sanbi.org.za

Ecological Best-Practice Livestock Production Guidelines for the Namakwa District

The “Ecological Best-Practice Livestock Production Guidelines for the Namakwa District” was produced by the Karoo Consortium (comprising Simon Todd, Sue Milton, Richard Dean, Peter Carrick and Andre Meyer) with funding from SKEP/CEPF through the Botanical Society of South Africa’s Namakwa District Products Project. More »

Save the Flamingo Campaign: Kamfers Dam

Kamfers Dam, located just north of Kimberley, South Africa, is under threat from deteriorating water quality due to a badly managed sewerage works. This wetland is home to: the largest permanent population of Lesser Flamingos in southern Africa; the only Lesser Flamingo breeding site in South Africa; one of only four Lesser Flamingo breeding sites in Africa, and six in the world and a host of other endemic and threatened waterbirds. Kamfers Dam is also a South African Natural Heritage Site and an Important Bird Area.

Additional information:

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South Africa’s 2nd National Communication to the UNFCCC: A call for expressions of interest in making a scientific contribution

South Africa is committed to submitting its Second National Communication (SNC) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in partial fulfilment of its obligations under this Convention, by early 2011. A call for expressions of interest is hereby issued to interested and appropriately qualified individuals and research groups to participate in this project.

Additional information:

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Conservation Bill for the Northern Cape Province

The Conservation Bill for the Northern Cape Province was published in an Extraordinary Gazette, number 1258 in December 2008.

The Conservation Bill replaces the "old" Conservation Ordinance and is in line with the recent National Legislation on Biodiversity issues.

Additional information:

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