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Jonkershoek archives enter the digital age
SAEON's Fynbos Node is digitising Jonkershoek’s wealth of information, which includes the longest continuous records for stream flow in the Southern hemisphere. The data will be made available to researchers.
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SAEON gears up for new challenges
Drawing on the past, exploring the present and preparing for the future - this edition of SAEON eNews illustrates the role that SAEON is playing to improve South Africa's knowledge base and to contribute to sustainable development.
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From clipboards to cosmic ray probes
SAEON's Cathedral Peak Research Catchments Monitoring Programme is gaining momentum, with interest from a variety of stakeholder groups representing a rich spectrum of disciplines.
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Renosterveld restoration - reason to hope
With all renosterveld types in the Cape lowlands falling short of their conservation targets, ecological restoration has a crucial part to play in the conservation of the Cape Floristic Region.
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Dear Diary...
Read excerpts from Kgaugelo Ramalepe's diary in which she reports on the SAEON Ndlovu Node's annual science camp for Grade 11 learners... and her own remarkable journey towards greater self-esteem.
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SAEON in the media
SAEON’s people and projects received coverage in a wide range of media...
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Interesting link
A new scientific study has identified the protected areas most critical to preventing extinctions of the world’s mammals, birds and amphibians. Together, they harbour the majority of the populations of more than 600 birds, amphibians and mammals, half of which are globally threatened. The study was published in the latest edition of Science.
Further information can be found at http://www.eurekalert.org/jrnls/sci
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From all of us at SAEON:
"May the new year be filled with PEACE, in whichever of South Africa’s 11 official languages you choose to say it!
Xhosa: uxolo
Zulu and Ndebele: ukuthula
Tsonga: kurhula
Venda: mulalo
English: peace
Sesotho: kgotso
Afrikaans: vrede
Tswana: kagiso
Northern Sotho/Sepedi: khutso
Swati: lucolo
"
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