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
Posted on the 17th March 2011BirdLife South Africa
Position Statement on the effect of solar power facilities on birds
- BirdLife South Africa (BLSA) acknowledges that South Africa is one of the top 10 developing countries whic... Read more
Posted on the 14th February 2011As was discussed at the 2010 EWT-African Crane Conservation Programme’s AGM held at Kasoega in the Eastern Cape, we will be developing Biodiversity Management Plans for Species (BMP-S) for each ... Read more
Posted on the 11th February 2011Important we need your support ---- refer to Hayley Wittridge's emails below and to the media release below.
Refer to the website below which contains our reserve boundaries and management plans
fo... Read more
Posted on the 4th February 2011Dear All,
You have all probably heard about the proclamation process that is taking place at the moment for the False Bay Nature Reserve. We are currently in the stage of public participation which... Read more
Posted on the 17th January 2011The Important Bird Areas (IBA) Programme is one of the largest global conservation programmes, and nearly 11 000 sites have been identified and declared IBAs. After a site has been declared an IBA, th... Read more
Posted on the 5th December 2010
(This overview of BirdLife South Africa's work on terrestrial species was taken from CEO Mark Anderson', report to Council on 4 December 2010. - Ed.)
One of BirdLife South Africa’... Read more
