Products for Download

The products listed below have been developed by members of the Conservation Unit, often in conjunction with partner organisations. They may be useful for your own work and you are welcome to use any of the information for nonprofit purposes. Please credit the Botanical Society of South Africa and/or the relevant authors or photographers, if given.

If you would like to receive a file in a different format (e.g. .rtf) , please email paisley@sanbi.ac.za

Regulations

• Botsoc's recommended terms of reference for the consideration of biodiversity in environmental assessment and decision-making
• Cape Nature's requirements and recommendationswith respect to applications for environmental, mining, agriculture, water and planning-related authorisation
• Botsoc's letter to EAP: Revised EIA commenting function for BotSoc Conservation Unit

Articles

• So you want to Conserve your Land? September 2003 (.pdf, 21KB)
• Conservation Stewardship Pilot Project Update, Veld & Flora article, June 2003 (.jpg, 347KB)
• Phase 1 Wine & Conservation Project, Veld & Flora March 2003 (.pdf, 11KB)
• Renosterveld Riches - Snippets on the Lowlands Flora, Veld & Flora Dec 2002 (.pdf, 14KB)
• Understanding a farmers position, Veld & Flora article, Dec 2002
• SKEP Update 1, Veld & Flora June 2002 (.pdf, 103KB)
• Wine and Conservation in the Cape, Veld & Flora March 2002 (.pdf, 8KB)
• An Introduction to SKEP, Veld & Flora March 2002 (.pdf, 12.7KB)

Reports & Technical/Specialist Information

• Implementing laws for conservation action: Partnerships in the Biodiversity and Protected Area Acts, September 2004 (MSWORD, 180KB)
• Environmental Analysis of the Propert Rates Act (Aug 2004) (MSWORD 104KB)
• Cape Lowlands Renosterveld Technical Report: Summary Report, December 2003 (.pdf, 1964KB)
• Cape Lowlands Renosterveld Technical Report: Main Report, December 2003 (.pdf, 3385KB)
• Planning for Living Landscapes, November 2003, Driver, Cowling & Maze (.pdf, 1792 KB)
• SKEP Technical Report: FULL REPORT, March 2003 (.pdf, 4118 KB)
• Conservation Incentives: Options and Opportunities, September 2003(.pdf, 82KB)
• Tax Amendment Proposals for conservation, September 2003,(.pdf, 23KB)
• Wine and Conservation: Summary Report, September 2003 (.pdf, 178KB)

Pamphlets

• Renosterveld: Hidden Treasures of the Cape, English (.pdf, 486 KB)
• Renosterveld: Veldjuwele van die Kaap", Afrikaans (.pdf, 1219 KB)
• Stewardship Project - Options (.pdf, 368KB)
• Stewardship Project - Pilot Project (.pdf, 521KB)

For online maps and downloads of various conservation planning projects please visit the South African National Biodiversity Institute SANBI's Biodiversity GIS website

BGIS.SANBI.org