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South Africa has a wealth of valuable, natural resources which are under threat of degradation by competing land-uses.
The primary sectors of industry (agriculture, mining and other activities) need not negatively impact conservation.
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Welcome to the SANBI Species Identification Tool App. The purpose of this App is to assist you in the quick identification of different South African TOPS and CITES-listed species including their look-alike species. Please follow the instructions below in order to use the App easily and efficiently. SOME USEFUL TIPS BEFORE YOU BEGIN The "Restart" … Read more
Visit pageUpdated on September 18, 2017
SANBI has released an easy to use identification guide to Southern African threatened, protected and CITES-listed species. The guide works as an interactive key, which is downloadable as an app from the Google Play Store and the Apple app store. It is also available online – View the SANBI IDentifyIt – Species Fact Sheets.
Visit pageUpdated on August 21, 2017
Frequently asked questions (FAQs) How were countries pre-selected for invitations to participate? Every African country was eligible to be long-listed for invitation to the project. To generate the long-list, an index was developed to measure the suitability of each country to meet the project objectives using information on the biodiversity informatics experience, institutional capacity, … Read more
Visit pageThe BIM-FBIP Forum provides an opportunity for the South African biodiversity data community and its partners to share information, discuss practices and come up with ways of improving the efficiency and impact...
Keneilwe Hlahane, a GIS intern with the SANBI National Biodiversity Assessment (NBA) team, has won the GIS Esri South Africa Young Scholar Award 2017, for her project titled 'Monitoring Eutrophication of...