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Mission Gilchrist
A new study is revisiting the earliest scientific trawl surveys conducted in SA between 1897 and 1904 - to assess how the fish communities have changed during the subsequent century.
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Dusting off South African starfish
The last time an expert starfish taxonomist catalogued SA starfish was more than 40 years ago, and even then, this was done remotely. Enter Dr Chris Mah, officially the first starfish taxonomist to spend time working on starfish in SA!
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Shedding light on Mapungubwe's disappearing riverine forest
Greefswald is one of the few remaining pockets of rare Lowveld Riverine Forest in SA. Yet its giant trees are declining steadily. To work out why, SAEON has launched a multi-faceted research project in collaboration with SANParks and Kansas State University.
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Street science
Postdocs from SAEON's Fynbos Node set up a street science stand at the Langa Open Streets Festival in Cape Town and invited passers-by to ask questions ...
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SAEON in the media
SAEON's people and projects received coverage in a range of local and international media...
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"No one knows the diversity in the world, not even to the nearest order of magnitude. ... We don't know for sure how many species there are, where they can be found or how fast they're disappearing. It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are." - Biologist Edward O Wilson
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SAEON eNews - Finalist in the SA Publication Forum Awards 2013, 2014 |
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