The Land Reform and Biodiversity Stewardship Initiative (LRBSI) is a conservation and developmental initiative run in a tri-partnership by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR), the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI).
To establish a network of learning communities and communities of practice focusing on land reform, communal lands, and biodiversity stewardship.
To demonstrate the successful delivery of socio-economic and conservation benefits (e.g. poverty reduction, historical redress in South Africa, land development, integrated rural societies) at a project level.
Background
The LRBSI was started in 2008 to meet the challenges faced by the conservation sector within the context of land reform, rural development and equity imperatives in South Africa. By December 2009, a suite of 17 pilot projects were identified round the country for this initiative. To date, there are about 22 projects in the LRBSI portfolio.
Welcome to Biodiversity Advisor 2.0!
Biodiversity Advisor, developed by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and its Data Partners, is a system that will provide integrated biodiversity information to a wide range of users who will have access to geospatial data, plant and animal species distribution data, ecosystem-level data, literature, images and metadata.
The integrated information comes from our much-loved Botanical Database of Southern Africa (BODATSA) also known as Plants of Southern Africa (POSA), Zoological Database of Southern Africa (ZODATSA), Biodiversity Geographic Information System (BGIS), SANBI's institutional repository (Opus) and others.
The system is still under development, so you may find a few bugs/issues. If you do, please report it via the error reporting button available in various sections of the website or provide us with any useful feedback you may have via the ‘Give us feedback’ option available in the sidebar menu. You can create a free account for yourself by clicking on the user profile icon which will take you through to the login page. Here you can choose the ‘Create an account’ option or simply fill in your details if you have an account already. Having an account on Biodiversity Advisor will provide users with free access to biodiversity resources.
In future, Team SANBI will be able to log in using their day-to-day login details, BGIS users will be able to use their existing accounts and details, and general users will be able to log in using their LinkedIn profile, but for now you will need to create an account.
