Here we bring you the latest news and press releases about SAIAB’s aquatic biodiversity research and events such as the SAIAB Seminar Series which are open to the general public.
SAIAB Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Fortunate Phaka awarded the Mail & Guardian premier environmental award
December 7, 2022The Mail & Guardian celebrated the 18th edition of its flagship Greening The Future event with emphasis on the significance of this year’s alignment of the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties — COP 27 Global Summit. This year’s focus was on...
SAIAB Student Symposium
December 1, 2022The NRF-SAIAB hosted its fourth instalment of the Student Symposium on Friday, 9 December 2022. The symposium provided an opportunity for SAIAB postgraduate students to showcase their work to a public audience, featuring more than 30 research talks which were presented...
SAIAB Seminar Series 2022: Two presentations by Dr Antony Knights and Dr Louise Firth
August 15, 2022Associate Professors of Marine Ecology, School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth Friday 22 July, 12.00pm (Johannesburg) Zoom Registration link: https://bit.ly/3c5ZlMf Assessing ecological networks: A primer for diversity and distribution Presentation by: Dr Antony Knights Friday 22 July, 12.00pm (Johannesburg) The Anthropocene is characterised by...
Dr Chantel Elston shows the wonders beneath the waves at Plett’s Keurbooms estuary
August 15, 2022By: Lucky Dlamini and Dr Chantel Elston The first-ever Plett Marine Science Symposium took place from 1 – 3 July 2022 to celebrate Plettenberg Bay’s most beloved treasures: our ocean, marine life, and beaches. The three-day marine science symposium included...
Refresh: A new biodiversity project to fill knowledge gaps in South Africa’s freshwater systems
August 15, 2022The unique freshwater biodiversity of South Africa is under increasing pressure from multiple impacts including global climate change, habitat degradation, hydrological modification through excessive water abstraction, as well as the spread of invasive species. The most recent National Biodiversity Assessment...