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
Posted on the 5th December 2010(This overview of BLSA's work on seabirds during 2010 was taken from CEO Mark Anderson's report to Council on 4 December 2010. - Ed.)
Seabirds
Dr Ross Wanless is the Manager of the Seabird Division,... Read more
Posted on the 27th October 2010The City of Cape Town's Invasive Alien Species department, together with CapeNature, is working on the programme to overcome the House Crow problem in and around Cape Town. The co-ordinator for the Ci... Read more
Posted on the 16th September 2010DEALING WITH MAJOR DEVELOPMENTAL THREATS TO IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS (IBAs)
Introduction
Habitat loss remains one of the biggest threats to birds and the environment in South Africa and the rest ... Read more
Posted on the 14th September 2010Trust launches Fishing Line Recovery & Recycling Program
The Dyer Island Conservation Trust (DICT) in association with Overstrand Municipality, Gansbaai Administration, is very excited to be esta... Read more
Posted on the 10th August 2010(Prof Les Underhill reports as follows on the ADU website - Ed.).
PhD student Sally Hofmeyr is attending the annual "Fynbos Forum" meeting, being held this year in Citrusdal from 3–6 ... Read more
Posted on the 22nd July 2010(Dr. Stuart Shearer forwarded this letter, together with a series of links to information on wind farms to Dr. Hanneline Smit, the conservation manager of BirdLife South Africa. The links certainly ma... Read more
