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Video: Webinar - The Wonderful World of Insects

Learn about why insects are so interesting and why they are so important in this fun webinar about these creepy crawlies. 

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Video: Webinar - No Rain No Gain

Learn all about how we can harvest water in this interesting webinar style video presentation.

Intentional Genetic Manipulation as a conservation threat

Russo, I.M., Hoban, S., Bloomer, P., Kotze, A., Segelbacher, G., Rushworth, I., Birss, C., Bruford, M. 2018.

Taxonomy of the Capensibufo rosei group (Anura Bufonidae) from South Africa

Zootaxa 4232(2): 282-292. Channing, A., Measey, G.J., De Villiers, A.L., Turner, A. 2017

Marasmodes (Asteraceae, Anthemideae), the most threatened plant genus of the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa

South African Journal of Botany 111: 371-386. Magee, A.R., Ebrahim, I., Koopman, R. and Van Staden, L. 2017.

Effect of an intensive mechanical removal effort on a population of non-native rainbow trout in a SA headwater stream.

Invasions by non‐native species can compromise the conservation value of otherwise pristine headwater streams. While both developed and developing countries recognize this threat, few of the latter have suitable budgets to implement control programmes.

Shelton, J., Weyl, O., Van der Walt, J., Marr, S., Impson D., Maciejewski K., Dallas, H., Tye, D. and Esler, K. 2017.

Quantitative evaluation of hybridization and the impact on biodiversity conservation

Ecology and Evolution, 7: 320–330. Van Wyk, A.M., Dalton, D.L., Hoban, S., Bruford, M.W., Russo, I-R.M., Birss, C., Grobler, P., van Vuuren, B.J. and KotzĂ©, A. 2017.

Unexpected survival of sharptooth catfish during acute rotenone toxicity trials will complicate management of invasions.

Biological Invasions. Jordaan, M.S., Dalu, T., Wasserman, R.J., Slabbert, E. and Weyl, O.L.F. 2017.

Vulnerability of cape fold ecoregion freshwater fishes to climate change and other human impacts.

Shelton, J., Weyl, O., Chakona, A., Ellender, B., Esler, K., Impson, D. Jordaan, M., Marr, S., Ngobela, T., van der Walt, R., Paxton B., and Dallas, H. 2017.

Quantifying errors and omissions in alien species lists The introduction status of Melaleuca species in SA as a case study

NeoBiota 32: 89-105. Jacobs, L.E.O., Richardson, D.M., Lepschi, B.J. and Wilson, J.R.U. 2017.

Rethinking refuges: Implications of climate change for dam busting

Biological Conservation 209: 188–195. Beatty, S., Allen, M., Lymbery, A., Jordaan, M.S., Morgan, D., Impson, D., Marr, C., Ebner, B. and Weyl, O.L.F. 2017.

Successful mechanical eradication of spotted bass (Micropterus punctulatus) from a South African river

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. Van der Walt, R., Marr, S., Wheeler, M., Impson, D., Garrow, C. and Weyl. O. 2018.