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African
Conservation Foundation
- The African Conservation Foundation has a lively website
representing a large network of conservation organisations throughout
Africa. It contains a wealth of accurate, up to date information about
conservation activities in numerous African countries. It is an
essential web site to visit to keep up to date on conservation in
Africa.
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http://www.africanconservation.com
Africa Geographic
Online
- Africa Geographic is South Africa's leading wildlife and
environmental magazine (formerly Africa - Environment and Wildlife).
Visit the associated website for additional information not found in
the magazine and for online shopping for books, videos and other
wildlife/environment essentials.
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http://www.africa-geographic.com
Agricultural Research council - Fynbos Research Western Cape
- The Agricultural Research Council has a unit at Elsenburg in the
Western Cape doing research on fynbos and proteas in particular. This
site gives details about the activities of the unit.
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http://www.arc.agric.za
Alien invasive
Plants in South Africa
- This site is a comprehensive documentation of information
concerning alien invasive plants in South Africa. The site is
maintained by Willem Hofland in KwaZulu-Natal under the auspices of
the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa.
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http://www.geocities.com/wessaaliens/
Alpine Garden Society
Australian Botanic gardens & Arboreta
Australian National Botanic
Gardens
Australian
Network for Plant Conservation
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Baviaanskloof Conservation
Area
- Find out more about the Baviaanskloof Conservation Area and the
role of the Terrestrial Ecological Research Unit at the University of
Port Elizabeth in conserving this very special part of South Africa.
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http://www.zoo.upe.ac.za/teru
Be Water Wise
- This is Rand Water's website and it is full of interesting tips
for waterwise gardening and water-saving. There is an article on how
Rand Water is greening the All Africa Games Village in Alexandra and a
list of waterwise gardens in Gauteng.
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http://www.waterwise.co.za
Biodiversity Action Network
Bio-Ed Project
- The University of the Western Cape has an exemplary web site for
Std 8 Biology. It includes all the cornerstones of a good web site.
You will find excellent resources, links, forums, etc. for Std 8
teachers and learners.
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http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/sci_ed/
Botanic Gardens Conservation
International
Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africa
- The BAASA is a nonprofit organization with the aim of promoting
and publicizing botanical art in southern Africa
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http://www.baasa.co.za
Botanic Gardens and Arboreta around the World
Botany Department - University of Cape Town
Botany Department - University of Stellenbosch
Botany& Zoology (School of), University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg
- A detailed site of all you need to know about the School of Botany
and Zoology at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg.
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http://www.botany.unp.ac.za/
Botany.com - Encyclopaedia of Plants
Botany, Internet Directory of...
Brooklyn Botanical Garden, New York, USA
Bulbs
- International Bulb Society which has references to South African
species and features one on its home page.
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http://www.bulbsociety.com
Bulbweb
- A great web site showing bulbs, many of which are South African
species, grown by Audrey Cain of Southampton, United Kingdom.
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http://www.bulbweb.co.uk
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Cape Action for People and the Environment (C.A.P.E.)
- C.A.P.E. is a partnership programme to secure the conservation of
the Cape Floral Kingdom and through this to deliver sustainable
economic benefits to the people of the region. A national priority,
lead by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, C.A.P.E.
provides the framework in which its partners will achieve biodiversity
conservation while eradicating poverty and strengthening institutions
and governance.
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http://www.capeaction.org.za
CapeNature
- The Board is the lead implementing agent for C.A.P.E. (Cape Action
for People and the Environment), a twenty-year strategy to secure the
biodiversity of the Cape Floral Kingdom while delivering local social
and economic benefits.
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http://www.capenature.org.za
Catalogue of New World Grasses
- This new site has: suprageneric classification, nomenclature (over
75,000 names with standardized publication citations and authorities);
taxonomy (synonomies proposed in hundreds of floras, monographs and
revisions); type information; specimens; distributions; maps;
bibliographic references; illustrations and photographs (few at this
point); and CNWG accepted names for grasses occurring in the New World
according to the authors and project collaborators; as completed so
far) with links to the accepted names from accepted synonyms. The data
in the present publication, Contr. U.S. Natl. herb. 39: 1-128 (2000),
were downloaded from TROPICOS (Missouri Botanical Gardens taxonomy
database). The website directly reflects the data in TROPICOS which
are continuously updated and expanded.
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http://mobot.mobot.org/Pick/Search/nwgc.html
Colorado Alpine Plants
Biodiversity GIS - SANBI
- The BGIS is a core C.A.P.E project aimed at generating and
distributing environmental sensitivity maps to guide sustainable
development and planning, and to highlight important areas for the
conservation of biodiversity. The CPU has been established to ensure
that high quality, up-to-date biodiversity maps based on data from a
variety of reputable institutions are easily accessible to inform
conservation planning, land use planning, IDP's and SDF's, development
proposals in critical areas such as agriculture, urban planning,
tourism and water supply, mining and research
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http://BGIS.SANBI.org
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Delta Envio
Department of Environment Affairs and Tourism, South Africa
Department of Water Affairs and Forestry
- The South African government authority responsible for the
conservation of water resources and that oversees indigenous forest
conservation and commercial plantation forestry activities.
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http://www-dwaf.pwv.gov.za
Desert botanical Garden -- Phoenix, Arizona USA
- The Desert Botanical Garden is situated in Phoenix, Arizona. Visit
this site for information on North American succulent flora including
agaves, cacti etc.
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http://www.dbg.org
Desert Research Foundation of Namibia
- The Desert Research Foundation of Namibia is dedicated to
furthering awareness of arid environments and developing skills and
knowledge to manage them.
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http://www.drfn.org
Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
Durban Botanic Gardens
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Enviro-Facts
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Fine Bush People - farming in the fynbos
Fynbos -- Stellenbosch Hoerskool / High School
Fynbos Facts
Fynbos- Western Cape Schools Network Page
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Greater Addo National Park, Proposal on the expansion of the....
- This site gives up-to-date information on the proposals for the
expansion of the Addo National Park. Visit this site to keep in touch
with developments
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http://www.upe.ac.za/zoo/addotoc.htm
Green
Industries of South Africa
- The web-site that includes information on a large number of
"green" industries in South Africa. Visit this site for some really
interesting information.
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http://www.gisa.co.za
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Hortworld
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Kids for Forests
- Children from all over the world are joining forces to preserve
the past and secure the future -- they are aiming to save the world's
last ancient forests. Greenpeace invites anyone who wants to
contribute to saving ancient forests to take part in the 'Kids for
Forests' project. Visit this site for a 'WOW!' experience.
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http://www.greenpeace.org/kidsforforests/
Kwazulu-Natal
Nature conservation Services (Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife)
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Missouri Botanical Gardens, St Louis, USA
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Namaqualand
- A superb private site by a visitor who was entranced by the flora
on a trip around the area.
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http://www.araly.com
Natal Flora Publications Trust
- The Natal Flora Publications Trust was established in 1992 to
raise sponsorship for the publication of popular, affordable books on
the indigenous plants of KwaZulu-Natal & the Eastern Region, with the
object of stimulating greater care and understanding of our
exceptionally rich environment.
KwaZulu-Natal and the eastern region of South Africa is home to
over 10 000 species of plants, one of the richest floral regions in
Africa. Within in this region three centres of plant diversity (CPDs)
or 'hot spots' were identified in a world atlas published by IUCN in
1994: Maputaland, Pondoland and the Drakensberg Alpine regions. A
CPD is an area of global botanical importance with high diversity
and large numbers of endemic or threatened species with social,
economic, cultural or scientific importance.
The Trust's publications have been very successful owing to the
comprehensive, user-friendly nature of the books and the affordable
price, made possible by the generous contributions from sponsors,
both corporate and individual. The books are illustrated with more
full colour photographs than any other guides in South Africa,
generously donated by the photographers.
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http://www.floratrustkzn.com
National
Botanical Gardens of South Africa
New York Botanical Gardens,
USA
New York
Botanical Gardens:: Electronic Catalogue of vascular plant types
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Plantzafrica
- A site describing plants, vegetation types and the uses of South
Africa plant species. The site is new and has good photographic images
of vegetation representative of the biomes found in South Africa. A
companion site to the National Botanical Institute main site.
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http://www.plantzafrica.com
Protea Atlas Project
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Royal
Botanical gardens, Edinburgh
Royal botanical Gardens, Kew
Royal Horticultural Society, London, U.K.
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SABONET -- Southern African Botanical Network
- This site describes the Southern African Botanical Network hosted
by the National Botanical Institute, Pretoria
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http://www.sabonet.org
South African Biodiversity Insittute - SANBI
- A national institute that has jurisdiction over eight botanical
gardens countrywide and research directorate that covers taxonomy/systematics,
ecology, desertification, climate change, horticultural science.
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http://www.sanbi.ac.za
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http://www.sanbi.ac.za/climrep (Climate Change Report)
South African National Parks- Official Site
South African National Parks, Travel to.....
- Visit this site for information on South African National Parks,
particularly if you intend visiting one in the near future. A wealth
of useful travel information.
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http://www.ecoafrica.com/saparks/
South African Protea Producers and Exporters-- SAPPEX
- The site of SAPPEX giving details about membership, events,
regulations, news etc. pertaining to the growing and exporting of
South Africa's fynbos but particularly proteas.
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http://www.sappex.org.za
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Trees of Gauteng
- This fine private site is provided by an admirer of his local
indigenous trees, covering 60 Highveld trees for gardeners in the
Gauteng and greater Highveld area.
- http://www.websight.co.za/treehouse/
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Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA)
Worldwide Fund for Nature (international site)
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Zandvlei
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