Posted on the 7th July 2011We have been getting quite a few reports of fishermen leaving seabirds with hooks and line trailing from them. This is possibly due to lack of education on how to properly handle these birds or being ... Read more
Posted on the 28th June 2011The newest range change map to be displayed on the SABAP2 website http://sabap2.adu.org.za (currently top item of latest news, and with permanent URL http://sabap2.adu.org.za/news.php?id=1727) shows h... Read more
Posted on the 17th June 2011FYI - Following the recent release of the 2011 IUCN Red List update, you will note that two of the big African birds (Secretarybird and Hooded Vulture) were up-listed to join the list of globally thre... Read more
Posted on the 8th June 2011BirdLife South Africa media release
Global longline fisheries continue driving albatross declines
Seabirds continue to be killed in vast numbers as fisheries managers fail to stem the tide, but Sout... Read more
Posted on the 5th June 2011The buffer zone concept is included in NEMA (National Environmental Management Act 107, 1998) and was published in the Government Gazette of the 5th March 2011. It is also based on the White Paper for... Read more
Posted on the 31st May 2011BirdLife International, one of the largest conservation alliances in the world with over 120 country members recently confirmed that the Overstrand municipal area has been proclaimed as an Important B... Read more
Posted on the 30th May 2011The environmental impacts of the wind energy industry in South Africa remain largely unknown as the existing small installations on the West Coast have not provided any useful data. In the absence of ... Read more
Posted on the 9th May 2011INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRAVEL – TRIP REPORT
Ross Wanless
Participation in research expedition to Prince Edward Islands
Title of voyage
Research expedition to the Prince Edward Islands
D... Read more
Posted on the 5th May 2011Landowner gets three days to explain land stripping decision
The landowner who ploughed up vegetation on the south-eastern banks of the Langebaan Lagoon last week has been given three days to justify... Read more
Posted on the 4th May 2011Dear all,
Thought I would try to divert the attention from the developing and predictable discussion between pet owners and non pet owners to the good news that another tagged eagle has been re-sight... Read more
Posted on the 3rd May 2011IBA’s - WESTERN CAPE
IBA’s are areas declared as being important for birds for specific reasons based on international criteria. This may mean that the area is important for a particular ... Read more
Posted on the 26th April 2011NOTIFICATION OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS
KOGELBERG BIOSPHERE RESERVE
STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION PROCESS TO PREPARE A FRAMEWORK PLAN
The Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve Company (KBRC) has appointed co... Read more
Posted on the 15th April 2011(There is an interesting debate developing about the possible extention of the Wheatbelt IBA. What do you think? - Ed.)
Hello Keith,
Many thanks for this - sounds like you did a sterling... Read more
Posted on the 27th March 2011Ornithological Observations, a joint initiative of the ADU and BirdLife South Africa, is an e-journal which publishes information about birds.
A new article was put on the OO website today (http://... Read more
Posted on the 26th March 2011Dear Crane Supporters,
The Cranes are blogging again – please visit the blog on EWT’s blog – Crane Call – for the first blog by Kerryn Morrison, the Manager of the African Cra... Read more
