Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, in collaboration with Arizona State University, wishes to appoint a post-doctoral fellow specializing in vegetation and species distribution modelling, as well as phylogeography, whose research will focus on the Quaternary history of vegetation along the southern … Continue reading
Please can you distribute this advert for the position of Conservation Field Officer with the Cape West Coast Biosphere Reserve to the Fynbos Forum network? Closing date 20 October 2011. Conservation Field Officer advert Regards Rhett
Dear SAAB members, Botanists/Plant Scientists, Students etc. Please find attached the 2nd Circular for the SAAB Conference to be hosted by the Department of Plant Science at University of Pretoria from 15 – 18 January 2012. Registration is now open … Continue reading
We have had a wonderful spring for flowering annuals and bulbs in the Overberg this year. I think it is a combination of good rains in June and the fact that we are now five years since the last fire … Continue reading
Dear Fynbos Forum Friends The Fynbos Forum Committee are very excited to announce that the Dates and Venue for Fynbos Forum 2012 have been decided –SO please put these in your diaries/electronic diaries/cellphones etc NOW! DATES: Eve of 16TH July … Continue reading
A few weeks ago I was fortunate to spend a couple of days on a search and rescue project transplanting rare plants from quarry sites and along the road verges between Paleisheuwel and Graafwater up the West Coast. This area … Continue reading
The Biodiversity and Red Meat Stewardship Initiative (BRI) is looking for an extension officer to be based in Springbok. For more information on this post see BRI STEWARDSHIP EXTENSION OFFICER (finale)
The bright orange flowers of Leucospermum patersonii (the silver-edge pincushion) act as a ‘landing pad’ for sugarbirds which delve down into the flowers with their long beaks to extract nectar. The pollen is placed onto the birds heads by the long … Continue reading
For information and registration for the 2011 Thicket forum conference see thicket forum 2011 and Thicket Forum Conference 2011 _ RSVP FORM (2)
A walk in the mountains on the weekend reminded me that there is probably no better month than September for enjoying the fynbos. I took a walk on part of the new fynbos trail that will be opening shortly in … Continue reading
