Reptile Hunt Now On

...The South African Reptile Conservation Assessment (SARCA) is funded and developed by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (Sanbi).The Avian Demography Unit at the University of Cape Town will co-ordinate the project as they have previously..
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Klaserie's Childrens Eco Training Celebrates International Year of Biodiversity

...The difficult concept of biodiversity was taught in a fun way, and in the process, an additional skill was mastered...
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Top Scientist to Use Airborne Observatory to Study Kruger's Diversity

...Department of Global Ecology, located in Stanford, California, conducts basic research on a wide range of large-scale environmental issues, including climate change, ocean acidification, biological invasions, and changes in biodiversity, Its mission..
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Integrated Effort to Combat Rhino Killings in South Africa

...The department of environmental affairs has established a multi-party national biodiversity investigators' forum as a platform for discussion and the sharing of information on biodiversity related law enforcement issues, including rhino poaching...
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Stakeholders Support Proposed Blyde River Canyon National Park

...place on March 2, 2005 at Bourke's Luck, Mpumalanga.The Blyde River Canyon National Park, in partnership with local communities, will be recognised internationally as one of the world's leading parks by protecting and promoting its unique landscapes, biodiversity..
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Elephant Management Assessment Process On Track

...Act of 2005 and the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan...
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Research To Help Map The Future

...These objectives allow Sanparks to live up to its mission statement of maintaining biodiversity in all its natural facets and fluxes whilst providing human benefits in a manner detracting as little as possible from the wilderness qualities of the Kruger..
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Environmental Hotspots Not Easy to Spot

...Orme concluded that human impacts have had a strong influence on where species are under threat, which does not necessarily tie in with the biological systems that produce high biodiversity or create endemic species...
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How to Keep Track of Slow Changes in KNP Vegetation

...Judith. 'Global climate change is predicted to cause changes in both rainfall patterns and climatic conditions, so we need to have an understanding of how these changes will affect the vegetation of the park and potentially all our biodiversity..
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Why Wetlands Matter

...Every wetland forms an integral part of a natural ecological system that supports human well-being and biodiversity...
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SA Minister Considers Moratorium on Rhino Hunting

...authority with the mandate to postpone decisions relating to permit applications if any rhino hunting applicant is under investigation for contravention of the Biodiversity Act in relation to similar activity...
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Is There An Elephant Overpopulation in Kruger

...The issue of the scale at which biodiversity should be conserved came up at the workshop. Page says that people should look outside of Kruger to other places that have the same species. ..
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Barcoding DNA to Identify Menacing Mosquitoes

...Barcoding DNA to Identify Menacing MosquitoesBarcoding DNA to Identify Menacing MosquitoesFor years scientists have examined DNA fragments of animals and insects for biodiversity preservation, but researchers from the University of Ghana for the first..
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Changes In Water Provision In Kruger

...With hardly any part of the park more than five kilometres from permanent water, the effects of the herbivores on the grasses and trees was spread evenly across the park, which can have negative effects on biodiversity...
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10 Tips for Eco-tourists

..."From a development perspective, income from tourism may reduce poverty by creating jobs, which can in turn help with biodiversity conservation...
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Emphasis Placed on Social Issues at Premier Science Meeting

...Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), sustainable ecosystems, urged scientists to consider the application and appropriateness of their research to the mandate and mission of SANParks.Although several of the week's presentations could be related to biodiversity..
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Wetlands Crucial for Tourism

...Let's work together to secure our wetlands for the sake of biodiversity and in order to make a meaningful contribution towards mitigating the effects of climate change," she said...
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Alien Invaders Group Visit Doispane

...of national parks and indeed to indigenous biodiversity globally...
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Reasons for legalising the rhino horn trade

...Legal trade will encourage biodiversity by creating habitat Habitat loss and encroachment are major global issues for biodiversity...
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Both Legal and Illegal Trade are Threatening Africa's Biodiversity

...Sustainable wildlife trade can contribute to the economies of many developing nations, which are often rich in biodiversity...
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Searching and Discovering Kruger

...The KNP is of immense biodiversity and socio-economic value to the people of South Africa and the world."..
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Another Objection Against The De Hoop Dam

...The National Parks Support Group Trust has also opposed the construction of the De Hoop dam on the last major undammed tributary of the Olifants River, calling the project "irresponsible and extremely damaging to the environment and biodiversity...
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Conservation Students Get Hands On In Kruger

...Students also participated in detailed biodiversity surveys which meant being out in the veld, setting traps and looking out for elephants and lions, both of which were spotted on foot...
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Mapungubwe's Mining Impact on Local Environment

...The Coalition's challenge has highlighted the urgent need for authorities to agree on and demarcate areas of heritage, ecological, biodiversity, cultural and hydrological importance and value where mining should be restricted particularly to avoid..
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How Many More Species Will Follow the Dinosaurs?

...A geneticist who also studies animal behavior, McRobert houses several assurance colonies of endangered species in his biodiversity lab at SJU...
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